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NGC3662

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:23:46.4
Declination: -1:6:19
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, att to * 13 m
Sub-type: SBb/P

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3662

17.5" (5/4/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 ~SSW-NNE, 1.0'x0.7'.  There is a fairly bright star ~mag 13.5 which is superimposed about 10" NE from the geometric center and appears similar to a bright stellar nucleus.