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NGC3617

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 11:17:50.8
Declination: -26:8:2
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: F, S, R, gbM
Sub-type: E3

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3617 18" (3/19/04): fairly faint, small, round , 30" diameter. Increases to a very small brighter nucleus. I probably only viewed the brighter core and missed the dim halo.