Type | Galaxy |
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Magnitude | 15 |
Size | 0.3' x 0.17' @ 170° |
Right Ascension | 12h 27' 12" (2000) |
Declination | 9° 24' 35" N |
Constellation | Virgo |
Description | vF, vS |
Harold Corwin
IC 3366 is a faint galaxy just south of NGC 4424. Schwassmann made some error in his measurement or reduction of it and a nearby star -- both are just 4.0 seconds west and 15 arcsec south of his positions. His description of the galaxy is appropriate: "vF, vS, nf surr m n". The last bit "translates" as something like "surrounded by much nebulosity north-following." (He uses the same phrase to describe IC 3339 = NGC 4411, which see, where the description is a bit more apt because of the star superposed on the galaxy.)
Whatever happened, I am confident of the identification because of the note about the "nebulosity" to the northeast. This is clearly a reference to NGC 4424.― IC Notes by Harold Corwin
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