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NGC3434
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:51:58.0
Declination: +3:47:31
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, pS, R, vglbM
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3434
17.5" (3/25/00): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 N-S, ~1.3'x1.0'. Located 4.6' NW of mag 9 SAO 118551. Contains a large, brighter, elongated core with a much fainter outer halo which grows with averted vision. A mag 14 star lies 1.3' NNE of center.
Brightest in close trio with CGCG 38-37 2.7' N and CGCG 38-35 2.4' WSW. CGCG 38-37 appeared extremely faint and small, round, required averted to glimpse. Located 2.7' N of NGC 3434 and 1.5' N of a mag 14 star.