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NGC3432
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:52:31.0
Declination: +36:37:8
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 11.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pL, vmE 40°, ** close sp
Sub-type: SBm
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3432. The nucleus of this edgewise, late-type spiral is hidden behind the
arms and dust of the near side of the galaxy. So, the position is not well-
determined. Most of the positions in the table probably apply to various
knots along the spine of the galaxy. I'm inclined to give high weight to the
infrared positions, so have chosen to take the mean of two 2MASS PSC values as
the preferred position. This is obviously still uncertain.
Also see NGC 3382.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3432
17.5" (3/25/95): fairly bright, large, edge-on 6:1 SW-NE, 3'x0.5. Irregular surface brightness and fainter on the southwest end. Appears to have a sharper light cut-off on the north side (due to dust?). A mag 12.5 star is 48" E of center and two mag 12/13 star are very close to the southwest tip 1.4' from center. The galaxy appears asymmetric and brightest just north of the mag 12.5 star near the core [this corresponds to an HII complex]. A very weak enhancement [this is the core] is close west-southwest of this star.