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NGC3639

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:21:35.5
Declination: +18:27:31
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1855
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, R, vlbM, 15' f h 856
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3639

16" LX200 (4/14/07): faint, small, elongated 4:3 ~N-S, occasional very faint stellar nucleus with direct vision.  Located 2' N of a mag 12 star.