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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Leo Minor
Right ascension
10 41 22
Declination
+23 ° 57 ′ 22 ″
Distance
2,860,000,000
Apparent size v
1.26' x 0.86'

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3327 is a spiral galaxy located in Leo Minor. According to galaxy morphological classification it is classified as a type SAb galaxy. It was discovered by William Herschel on the 10th of April, 1785. He described it as "very faint, small, round, gradually brighter middle, very small (faint) star attached."

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3327” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.