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NGC3451

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:54:21.1
Declination: +27:14:23
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, vlE, vlbM
Sub-type: SBcd

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3451

17.5" (2/8/91): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, weakly concentrated but no core.  A mag 11.5 star is 4.2' NW of center.