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NGC3533

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:7:7.5
Declination: -37:10:23
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eeF, vS * att
Sub-type: Sab

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3533 = "NGC 3557A," which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3533

13.1" (2/17/04 - Costa Rica): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 or 3:1 WSW-ENE, low fairly even surface brightness with just a weak, broad concentration.  A mag 14 star is just north of the ENE tip.  First in the NGC 3557 group (40' NW of NGC 3557).