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NGC3591

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 11:14:3.2
Declination: -14:5:12
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1786
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: vF, S, iR, lbM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3591 18" (3/19/04): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, 0.9'x0.7'. Contains a very small brighter nucleus, ~10" diameter.