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NGC3676

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:25:37.4
Declination: -11:8:21
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Muller
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, 2 st 10 nf, sf
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3676 is MCG -02-29-029.  The declination given by Muller and the NGC is 
about 30 arcmin too large, but the description is accurate.  Muller's note, in 
particular, "star 10 north-following, star 10 south-following" is correct:  
each star is 0.95 arcmin from the galaxy.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3676

16" LX200 (4/14/07): faint, small, round, 0.5' diameter, occasional very faint stellar nucleus.  Located in an asterims of 5 mag 11.5-12.5 stars with two mag 11.5 stars just 1' NNE and 1' SE.  Listed as nonexistent in the RNGC.