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NGC3590
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:12:58.9
Declination: -60:47:20
Constellation: CAR
Visual Magnitude: 8.2
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: Cl, pRi, C, E
Sub-type: II1p
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3590
18" (7/7/02 - Magellan Observatory, Australia): at 228x, this is a small, fairly bright 2' knot of ~20 stars mag 10 and fainter. At 76x this diminutive cluster is set in a remarkable field, forming a triangle with NGC 3603 and the NGC 3579-86 complex (RCW 57) to the south.