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NGC3642

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:22:17.5
Declination: +59:4:30
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.2

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, pL, R, vgbM
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3642

17.5" (3/19/88): bright, fairly large, round, even concentration down to a very bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  Appears mottled (knot?) on the west side of the core.