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NGC3666

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:24:26.2
Declination: +11:20:32
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, E 90° ±, 6 mag * f 34s, 5' n
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3666

13.1" (4/10/86): fairly faint, elongated ~E-W, bright core, sharper light cut off on the east side.  A mag 14 star is 1.5' NNE of center.  Located 9' SW of mag 5.8 SAO 99598.