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NGC3611

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:17:30.1
Declination: +4:33:19
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: pF, cS, iR, psmbM, * 10 np 3'
Sub-type: Sa

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3611 = NGC 3604, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3611

17.5" (3/22/96): moderately bright, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 1.2'x0.8'.  Fairly sharp concentration with a rounder 30" core and a bright nearly stellar nucleus offset to the north side of the core. A mag 11 star is 3.2' NNW.