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NGC3408

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:52:11.5
Declination: +58:26:19
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, cS, R, 2 pB st s
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3408

17.5" (3/19/88): faint, small, round, broad concentration, diffuse, no sharp edges or nucleus.  A mag 15 star is 1.6' NE.  Located 4.2' NNE of mag 8.8 SAO 27804.