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NGC3426

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:51:41.7
Declination: +18:28:52
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1887
Discovery aperture: 16.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, R, D * n
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3426

17.5" (4/22/95): fairly faint, small, round, sharply defined 30" halo, well concentrated to a small bright core.  A wide pair of mag 11.5-12 stars (1.0' separation) are 2.2' and 2.8' N.