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NGC3357

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:44:20.9
Declination: +14:5:4
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational


Summary description: F, S, mbM
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3357 17.5" (3/22/96): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter, broad concentration to an ill-defined brighter 15" core. A mag 12 star is 2.3' W of center. A wide pair of evenly matched mag 9.5 stars lies 8.5' NE.