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NGC3289

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:34:7.3
Declination: -35:19:23
Constellation: ANT
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3289

18" (3/17/07): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, 0.9'x0.3', weak concentration.  A mag 12 star is off the SW side, 50" from the center and two mag 14.5 stars flank the galaxy on the NNW end.  Member of the Antlia Cluster and situated at the eastern end of the cluster.