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NGC3615
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:18:6.5
Declination: +23:23:51
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, vS, smbM, stellar, p of 2
Sub-type: E4
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3615
17.5" (4/9/99): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, 1.2'x0.6'. The prominent 20" core steadily increases to a stellar nucleus. First and brightest of a trio with NGC 3618 7' NE and extremely faint CGCG 126-022 3.2' NE.