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NGC3420

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:50:9.6
Declination: -17:14:35
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Leavenworth
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, pgbMN, * 8.5 s 6'
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3420

18" (3/11/07): faint, small, round, very low surface brightness halo is difficult.  Contains a 15"-20" core that is weakly concentrated surrounded by a hint of an larger halo.  NGC 3431 is 21' NE and NGC 3409 lies 12' NNE.  This group is located about 0.9 degrees SSE of 3.1-magnitude Nu Hydrae.