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NGC3450

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:48:3.5
Declination: -20:50:56
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, L, R, vglbM, r
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3450

18" (3/29/03): fairly faint, moderately large, nearly round, 1.8'x1.5'.  Situated between two mag 12/13 stars 3.4' N and 3.4' S.  DSS reveals a face-on symmetric barred spiral.