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NGC3592

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:14:27.5
Declination: +17:15:34
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Marth
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 48.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, pmE, pos 60°
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3592

17.5" (4/9/99): surprisingly faint for listed magnitude, required averted and appeared as a 15" "knot" just 45" following a mag 14.5 star.  Elongation not seen so I only viewed the brighter inner core of this edge-on system.  Located 11' W of NGC 3598.