NGC 3438 NGC 3306
Leo
☀13.4mag
Ø 78'' / 48''

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Édouard Stephan discovered NGC 3363 = St XII-40 on 22 Mar 1882 and recorded "F, pS, iR, lbM, r." His position is accurate.

400/500mm - 17.5" (3/28/92): faint, small, elongated 3:2 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.7', even surface brightness. A mag 12 star is 1.5' E of center and 1.0' off the edge. NGC 3353 lies 21' NW.

Notes by Steve Gottlieb