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NGC3425

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:51:25.5
Declination: +8:34:3
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, R
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3425 is probably also NGC 3388, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3425

16" LX200 (4/14/07): fairly faint, small, round, 0.5' diameter, stellar nucleus.  Forms an equilateral triangle with a mag 10 star 2.3' SE and a mag 11 star 2.7' SSW.  NGC 3417 lies 8' SW.

17.5" (4/15/99): faint, fairly small, round, 0.7' diameter, weak concentration.  View hampered by a mag 10 star 2.2' SE.  This star is collinear with two mag 11/13 stars to the WSW.  A faint companion off the south side was not noticed.