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NGC3391

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:48:56.4
Declination: +14:13:10
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, bet 2 st, nr
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3391

17.5" (4/22/95): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE although appears irregular, broad weak concentration.  A mag 14.5 star is at the NE tip (about 15" from center) and an extremely faint mag 15.5+ star is attached at the west end.  Lies 2.7' NW of a mag 10 star.