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NGC3585

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:13:17.3
Declination: -26:45:18
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 9.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: B, pL, E, vsmbMN, 2 B st Δ
Sub-type: E6

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3585

17.5" (4/6/91): very bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WNW-ESE, very high surface brightness, very bright core, stellar nucleus.  Two mag 13.5 stars are 2.5' NE and 3.3 ' NNW.  Forms the western vertex of a near equilateral triangle with two mag 8.5 stars (SAO 179663 and 179667) 8.4' E and 8.4' SE.