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NGC3442

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:53:8.0
Declination: +33:54:36
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, R, mbM, r?
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3442

17.5" (4/22/95): fairly faint, small round, 25" diameter, fairly high surface brightness.  Even concentration but no well-defined core or nucleus.  A mag 14 star is 1.9' SE.  Forms a pair with MCG +06-24-034 8.5' NE. A mag 10 star is 7' ESE.  Located south and west of several bright stars including 18' S of 46 Leonis Minoris (V = 3.8).