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NGC3018

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 9:49:41.6
Declination: +0:37:22
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, bM
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3018 48" (4/7/13): bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, 0.9'x0.3', small bright core. A mag 9.7 star is just 0.8' NW of center. Forms a striking pair with NGC 3023 2.7' E. 48" (4/2/11): bright, edge-on 4:1 SSW-NNE, fairly large, ~60"x15", very small bright core. Located just 50" SE of mag 9.7 HD 85095 and 2.8' W of the fascinating galaxy NGC 3023 and Mrk 1236. 17.5" (2/8/91): faint, small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE. Dominated by a mag 10 star 48" NW of center. Forms a close pair with NGC 3023 3' E.