NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
(This is a very very beta version)
NGC3498
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:1:55.0
Declination: +14:22:38
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude:
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: eF, pL (d'A not found)
Sub-type: NF
Corwin's Notes
=====
NGC 3498 is probably the triple star three arcmin west-northwest of WH's
position. Dreyer reprints WH's full note in which he says, "eF, not S. I had
some doubt and put on 240, but there being no stars very near it, I could not
adjust the focus, and therefore could not verify it." Dreyer also notes that
d'A could not find the nebula during repeated attempts when N3489 was seen
easily.