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NGC3466

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:56:15.4
Declination: +9:45:15
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, * 9 90°, p of 2
Sub-type: SBab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3466

17.5" (4/22/95): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 0.9'x0.7', weak even concentration.  A mag 11 star is 3.0' due west.  Forms a pair with NGC 3467 7.0' E.