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NGC3447
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:53:24.0
Declination: +16:46:19
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, vL, vgvlbM, B ** sp
Sub-type: SBdm/P
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3447
18" (3/29/03): very faint, fairly large, very diffuse glow. Located 3' NE of mag 9.9 SAO 99342 and nearly collinear with mag 9.1 SAO 99340 8.3' SW. This disturbed gas-rich system form a close pair with NGC 3447B = MCG +03-28-028 1.7' NE. The companion was highly suspected at 300x but could not be confirmed with certainty. An extremely distant galaxy PGC 32713 (z = .086) lies 7.8' NE.
17.5" (4/18/87): very faint, moderately large, very diffuse. Three bright stars form an isosceles triangle to the SW; the closest is mag 9.2 SAO 9934 3.1' SW (very wide unequal double with a mag 13 star). Forms a double system with NGC 3447B = MCG +03-28-028 1.7' NE (not observed).