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NGC3558

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:10:55.9
Declination: +28:32:37
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1866
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, S
Sub-type: E1

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3558.  See NGC 3552.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3558

13.1" (3/24/84): this is the second brightest galaxy in the rich cluster AGC 1185.  Faint, very small, round.  There is a string of four faint stars preceding.