NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

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.