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NGC3615

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.