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NGC3648
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Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:22:31.3
Declination: +39:52:37
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pB, S, pmE, bMN = close ** ?
Sub-type: S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3648
18" (5/30/03): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WSW-ENE, 0.9'x0.6'. Contains a small, round, bright core with a quasi-stellar nucleus. Located 18' S of mag 6.6 SAO 43717 and 7' ESE of mag 9.7 SAO 43713.