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NGC3597

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:14:42.0
Declination: -23:43:38
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, bM
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3597

18" (3/19/04): moderately bright, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter.  Moderate even concentration to a very small bright core and stellar nucleus.  A pair of mag 13 stars lie less than 2' NE of center.  Located 5' SSW of mag 9.1 HD 97783.