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NGC3406
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:51:43.7
Declination: +51:1:22
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pB, R, pgbM
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3406
17.5" (4/22/95): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE. Appears to be a double system with a very small bright core and stellar nucleus offset at the southwest end and a faint extension to the northeast of this core (verified on the POSS).
Located in a field with several mag 11 stars and situated between mag 9 SAO 277806 8' NE and mag 8.9 SAO 27796 4.8' SW. Forms a close pair with NGC 3410 1.8' SE.