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NGC3580

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:13:16.0
Declination: +3:39:27
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1876
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, * 14 f
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3580 is probably not IC 675, which see for more.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3580

17.5" (5/4/02): faint, very small, 20" diameter (core), quasi-stellar nucleus.  At moments there are faint extensions N-S.  A mag 13 star lies 1.3' ESE of center.