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NGC3630

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:20:16.9
Declination: +2:57:52
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, R, smbMN
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3630.  See NGC 3645.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3630

17.5" (4/4/92): fairly bright, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, small but very bright core, stellar nucleus, thin extensions.  Located 10' NW of mag 8.3 SAO 118800 in the NGC 3640 group.  

8" (4/24/82): faint, small, elongated SW-NE, very small bright core.  Located ~20' SW of NGC 3640.