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NGC3306
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:37:10.1
Declination: +12:39:9
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.4
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: F, S, R
Sub-type: SBm
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3306
24" (4/20/14): fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.4', relatively large brighter core. Brightest in a trio (KTG 30) with CGCG 065-069 7.2' SSE and NGC 3299 11.8' WNW.
17.5" (3/1/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.3, weak concentration to a slightly brighter core. A mag 11 star lies 1.9' NE. NGC 3299, a very low surface brightness galaxy, lies 12' WNW.