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NGC3572
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:10:26.6
Declination: -60:14:38
Constellation: CAR
Visual Magnitude: 6.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1834
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, pRi, lC
Sub-type: I2m
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3572
18" (7/7/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x, this is an 8' irregular group of 80-100 stars including a mag 7.9 star on the west side and about a dozen mag 10 stars. A mag 6.7 star lies 11' SE of center outside of the apparent cluster (but part of Cr 240). A dark patch abuts the cluster and there is an impression of more bright and dark nebulosity in the field. At 128x with the UHC filter, the cluster is adjacent to a large field of faint nebulosity to the north (RCW 54) with the borders of the nebulosity seemingly obscured by dust. Located 16' NW of mag 4.6 HD 97534.