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NGC3555
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:9:50.2
Declination: +21:48:38
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Swift L.
Year of discovery: 1883
Discovery aperture: 16.0
Observational
Summary description: vF, R, nf of 2
Sub-type: S0
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3555. See NGC 3551.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3555
17.5" (4/15/99): brightest of trio with NGC 3551 1.4' SSW and CGCG 125-034. Appears very faint, small, round, 0.7' diameter. Located 9' NW of three mag 9 stars which form a shallow arc. This galaxy is the brightest in AGC 1177.
17.5" (3/12/94): faint, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter, weak even concentration to brighter core and very small nucleus. A trio of mag 9 stars are in the field 8'-9' S including mag 8.9 SAO 81702 9.1' SE and mag 9.2 SAO 81700 8.7' SSE. Forms a close pair with NGC 3551 1.4' SSW.