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NGC3305

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:36:11.7
Declination: -27:9:44
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, R, 2nd of 9
Sub-type: E0

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3305 24" (3/28/17): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 0.6' diameter, small brighter core, stellar nucleus. A mag 12/12.5 double star at ~7" separation is 1.6' W. Located 17' N of NGC 3308 and 20' NW of naked-eye mag 4.9 HD 92036 13.1" (2/23/85): faint, very small, round, no details. Located ~15' N of NGC 3308 in AGC 1060.