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NGC3573
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:11:18.1
Declination: -36:52:32
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, S, R, glbM, 3 st 11 f
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3573
16" LX200 (4/14/07): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, bright core, very small bright nucleus, faint extensions. A string of three mag 11.5-12.5 stars oriented E-W follow with the closest star 2.3' E and a mag 14.5 star is at the east edge. Located on the north side of the NGC 3557 group (part of the Hydra-Centaurus Supercluster) in the NW corner of Centaurus near the Antlia border.