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NGC3598

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:15:11.5
Declination: +17:15:45
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, vS, stell, * n
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3598

17.5" (4/9/99): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated SW-NE, well-concentrated with a bright core steadily increasing to a faint stellar nucleus.  The outer halo is ill-defined and much weaker.  A mag 14 star is just off the north edge 0.6' from center and a pair of mag 13.5 stars is 4' ENE.  NGC 3592 lies 11' W.