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NGC3390

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:48:4.3
Declination: -31:32:0
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 11.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, pmE 0°
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3390

18" (4/9/05): fairly faint, moderately large, edge-on, at least 7:2 N-S, ~2'x0.5', broad weak concentration.  A faint star is at the north tip and a similar star is just beyond the southern extension.  Located 9.4' NNW of mag 5.9 SAO HD 93657.  The DSS image is similar to NGC 891 with a thin equatorial dust lane and bulging core.