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NGC3307

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:36:17.2
Declination: -27:31:44
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: eeF, 3rd of 9
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3307 24" (3/28/17): at 260x; faint, small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 24"x18", very low even surface brightness. Easily the faintest of the 6 NGCs in the core of AGC 1060. Situated 4.2' W of NGC 3309. 24" (2/22/14): at 260x, this member of AGC 1060 (Hydra I) appeared faint, small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 24"x12", low even surface brightness. Located in the core of the cluster, ~5' W of the NGC 3309/3311 pair and 9.5' NW of mag 6.6 HD 91964.