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NGC3331

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:40:9.0
Declination: -23:49:14
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Muller
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, vlE 0°
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3331

17.5" (4/21/01): faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 ~N-S, 0.8'x0.6', weak concentration, no distinct core.  The NGC position is 24 tsec too far west and this galaxy follows NGC 3335 situated 10' SW.  Member of nearby group LGG 209 (6 galaxies).  IC 625 (faint edge-on) 10' NW was not seen.