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NGC3648

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.