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NGC3471

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:59:8.8
Declination: +61:31:49
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1801
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, bM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3471

17.5" (3/19/88): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, broad concentration, faint elongated halo.  Located 35' WSW of Alpha Ursa Majoris.