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NGC3542

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:9:55.6
Declination: +36:56:47
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1884
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, irrR, lbM, r
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3542.  See NGC 3545.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3542

17.5" (3/12/94): faint, small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, low surface brightness, no concentration.  Forms a trio with NGC 3545 3.5' ENE and MCG +06-25-014 3.3' N.  MCG +06-25-015 is at the edge of the field 11' N.