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NGC3473

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:58:5.2
Declination: +17:7:30
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, E, bet 2 st
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3473.  While looking for this galaxy with the Parsonstown "Leviathan", 
Dreyer stumbled across CGCG 095-086.  See its entry in the "notngc" files for
more on this mistaken identity.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3473

17.5" (4/22/95): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.5'.  Unusual appearance due to nearby foreground stars.  A mag 12.5 star is attached at the NNE tip 0.5' from the center and the galaxy extends to the SW almost to a fainter mag 14 star 45" from center. Appears unconcentrated with a low surface brightness.  Forms a close pair with NGC 3474 1.9' SE.