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NGC3553

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:10:40.3
Declination: +28:41:9
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1885
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, forms D neb with III 352
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3553.  See NGC 3552.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3553

13.1" (3/24/84): very faint, extremely small.  Located very close SW of NGC 3552 (44" between centers).  The pair is just resolved at 220x.  Located in the core of rich cluster AGC 1185.