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NGC3422

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:51:17.4
Declination: -12:24:7
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 14.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Common
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 36.0

Observational

Summary description: 2 neb, F, R
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3422.  See NGC 3421.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3422

18" (3/29/03): fairly faint, very small, round, 20" diameter (viewed core only).  A mag 10.3 star is 42" SSW of center, just off the SW end.  Forms a pair with NGC 3421 5.5' SW.  NGC 3404 lies 23' NW and NGC 3411 29' SSW.