NGC 3493 NGC 3232
Lmi
☀14.3mag
Ø 36''

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John Herschel discovered NGC 3350 = h742 on 10 Apr 1831 (sweep 342) and recorded "eF; vS; very difficult, but a certain observation; is n of 2 st 9 or 10m." His position matches CGCG 154-044 = PGC 32035.

400/500mm - 18" (3/11/07): faint, very small, round, 20" diameter, occasional very faint stellar nucleus. Located just north of a wide pair of mag 9.5 and 10 stars (SAO 62223 and 62226) and 19' W of 5.4-magnitude 42 Leo Minor.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb