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NGC3283

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:31:11.2
Declination: -46:15:2
Constellation: VEL
Visual Magnitude: 11.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1837
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, R, gbM
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3283 is ESO 263-G48.  JH puts a plus-minus sign on the RA and notes "RA
coarsely taken by an auxillary star."  In addition to the uncertain RA is the
GC (and NGC) NPD -- it is 10 arcmin too small.  This must be an error in 
transcribing/precessing the CGH position into the GC.

Once these are taken into account, ESO 263-G48 is the obvious candidate.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3283

18" (4/6/16 - Coonabarabran, 236x): fairly bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 N-S, 1.2'x0.8'.  Contains a relatively large, bright core surrounded by a low surface brightness halo, elongated N-S.  Located 6.9' SE of mag 8.8 HD 91215 and 6' S of a mag 10.1/10.4 pair at 5".  Located in a rich star field.  ESO 263-047, an extremely low surface brightness galaxy 7' WSW, was highly suspected as a very small patch attached to a faint star.