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NGC3618

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:18:32.4
Declination: +23:28:8
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, f of 2
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3618

17.5" (4/9/99): faint, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter, weak concentration.  Third of three on a line with CGCG 126-022 and NGC 3615 7' SW.  At low power collinear with two mag 10 stars equally spaced 8' and 17' NE.