Here is the Hamuy & Maza sequence for Akn 120 = UGC 3271 with lots of annotations. The author names, by the way, are pronounced 'hah-moo-ee' and 'mah-zah'. The table shows the stars rearranged in order of decreasing brightness, and includes just the V and V-R photometry, which will be enough for visual observers and most CCDers. Positions are from the GSC, and GSC names are listed for reference. Because the galaxy is variable and has an interesting spectrum, it is extremely well studied (300 citations in NED). The total V is about 13.6 and the ~1' size gives it a mean surface brightness close to mag. 14/square arcmin, slightly on the low-surface-brightness side of ordinary galaxies. The redshift yields a rough distance (assuming Ho = 65) of about 150 megaparsecs. The galaxy should be visible faintly in a 6-inch from a true-dark site. In larger telescopes it should appear circular with a sharply concentrated nucleus. The galaxy is not marked on Uranometria, but lies not far north of the mark for the radio source "0514-005" on chart 225. The first star north of this source is the bright star M (HD 34306) in the list below. Spectral types for the stars were obtained mainly from Kasanasmas 1973 (Abastumani Astrophysical Obs. Bulletin 44, 175), which includes results from an objective-prism survey for about 4000 stars in western Orion. The paper includes BV photographic photometry, which allowed me to look for problems by comparing it with Hamuy & Maza. This was fairly flattering, and my opinion of the Georgian paper just went up. The spectral types are all consistent with the photometry, too. \Brian 21 Mar 1998: modified to add fainter stars from Henden & Honeycutt. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Photometry of stars in the field of Arakelian 120 = UGC 3271 sources: Hamuy & Maza 1989, Astron. J., 97, 720; Henden & Honeycutt 1995, PASP 107, 324 (three faintest stars) Name RA (2000) Dec GSC V V-R spec remarks Akn 120 5 16 11.4 -0 08 59 4752-1067 13.6 UGC 3271 M 5 16 30.1 -0 15 46 4752-1287 8.46 0.60 K2IV HD 34306 A 5 15 55.7 -0 04 10 4752-1283 8.93 0.53 G5 HD 290135 N 5 16 19.3 -0 13 35 4752-1209 10.38 0.52 G6V HD 290134 H 5 16 26.3 -0 09 04 4752-1081 11.07 0.54 K0 HD 290133 G 5 16 15.1 -0 11 44 4752-1150 11.89 0.35 F9 D 5 15 59.3 -0 10 19 4752-1101 12.32 0.41 F9V E 5 16 14.0 -0 09 03 4752-1073 12.38 0.56 G5 I 5 16 30.2 -0 10 36 4752-1117 13.84 0.40 C 5 16 07.2 -0 08 57 4752-1064 13.91 0.52 K 5 16 33.6 -0 11 11 4752-1133 13.92 0.33 J 5 16 26.7 -0 12 14 4752-1172 14.1 V1193 Ori B 5 16 06.5 -0 07 43 4752-1085 14.68 0.34 F 5 16 13.1 -0 11 23 4752-1534 14.83 0.32 L 5 16 00.7 -0 07 02 4752-1603 14.95 0.38 V1193-11 5 16 32.2 -0 09 27 15.11 B-V=0.97 V1193-8 5 16 32.8 -0 10 45 15.52 B-V=0.79 V1193-10 5 16 28.3 -0 09 44 16.01 B-V=0.76 Notes Akn 120 size: 1'.1x0'.8, Vt = 13.6, sfc br = 13.8. v = 9800 km/sec, distance ~150 Mpc = ~500,000,000 light-years. V1193 Ori flickering nova-like variable, range ~0.3 mag. =end=