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NGC3681

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 11:26:29.7
Declination: +16:51:50
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 11.2

Historic Information


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

Observational


Summary description: B, pS, R, bM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3681 13.1" (1/18/85): moderately bright, round, brighter core, stellar nucleus. On a line with two stars mag 11 and 12 3.0' NE and 4.7' NE. First of four in the NGC 3686 group with NGC 3684 14' NNE, NGC 3691 24' ENE and NGC 3686 28' NE.