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NGC3292

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:35:34.4
Declination: -6:10:46
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information


Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, lE
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3292 18" (3/29/03): at 260x, very faint, very small, slightly elongated N-S, 0.6'x0.4'. Either has a faint stellar nucleus or there is a faint star superimposed. Forms a close double system with MCG -01-27-022 0.9' WSW which was not noticed.