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NGC3361

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:44:29.1
Declination: -11:12:29
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Common
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 36.0

Observational


Summary description: F pair of neb, f one the brighter
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3361 17.5" (4/21/01): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 1.2'x0.8', broad concentration. A mag 15 star is close preceding. Forms a pair with NGC 3360 3.8' SW.