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NGC3407

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:52:17.8
Declination: +61:22:46
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, vS * nr
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3407

17.5" (3/19/88): faint, very small, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, small bright core.  A mag 14 star just 1.1' NNE is collinear with the major axis of the galaxy.