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NGC3621
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:18:15.8
Declination: -32:48:40
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 9.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, vL, E 160°, am 4 st
Sub-type: SBcd
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3621
17.5" (4/6/91): bright, large, elongated 5:2 NNW-SSE, 6' diameter, weak central concentration and along the major axis but no sharp nucleus. Several stars are nearby; three mag 11-13 stars are off the north tip and two mag 10 stars are 2.7' SW and 3.7' SSE of center.