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NGC3291

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:36:6.2
Declination: +37:16:30
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 14.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational

Summary description: * 13 inv in vF neb
Sub-type: *

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3291 is a star exactly at Bigourdan's position.  Though he could not find
it on a second night, his two measurements on the first are accurate.  In
addition, his comment "NGC 3294 is toward PA = 35 deg, d = 4.5 arcmin" is
also correct.  The identity is thus certain.