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NGC3383

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 10:47:19.2
Declination: -24:26:16
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: F, pL, iR, glbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3383 18" (3/17/07): fairly faint/moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, 1.0'x0.9', weak concentration. A mag 15-15.5 star is at the SW edge of the halo. Located 7' NNE of mag 8 HD 93474. 18" (3/13/04): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated 4:3 ~N-S, 1.0'x0.8'. Low, even surface brightness with just a weak concentration. Observation made through thin clouds.