NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC3158
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:13:50.5
Declination: +38:45:56
Constellation: LMI
Visual Magnitude: 11.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, cS, R, psbM, r
Sub-type: E3
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3158
18" (2/19/09): fairly bright, moderately large, irregularly round, well concentrated with a very bright core and relatively large, fainter halo, ~0.8'x0.7'. Brightest of 12 galaxies viewed that are packed into a 14' circle!
17.5" (3/23/85): fairly bright, irregular round or slightly elongated, small bright core. Brightest in the NGC 3158 group with NGC 3159 6.7' SSE, NGC 3160 4.7' N and NGC 3152 5.5' NW.
13.1" (2/25/84): fairly bright, round, weakly concentrated, largest and brightest in a group.
8" (3/28/81): faint, small, requires averted.