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NGC3610

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:18:24.9
Declination: +58:47:12
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 10.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vB, pS, lE 90° ±, vsvmbMSN
Sub-type: E5

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3610

17.5" (3/19/88): bright, small, slightly elongated NW-SE.  Sharp concentration with a very small bright core and a faint halo!  About 15' NNW is a small group of 7 stars including mag 9.0 SAO 27978.

NGC 3610 is the brightest member of a 5 member group (LGG 234), along with NGC 3610, 3619, 3642, 3674 and 3683.