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Proper Name	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 3
Constellation	Pisces
Right Ascension	0h 7m 17s
Declination	+8° 18' 6"
Distance	c.189,200,000 light years c.58,000,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +14.26 Absolute: -19.54
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 1.0' Actual: 55,500 light years
Hubble Type	S0 Lenticular
Optimum Visibility	October
Notes	NGC 3 is part of a small field of faint galaxies grouped in central Pisces. Lenticular in form, the galaxy is estimated to lie more than two hundred million light years from the Milky Way, and is approximately half the Milky Way's diameter.

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