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NGC3683

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:27:31.7
Declination: +56:52:40
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cB, pL, E
Sub-type: SBc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3683.  See the entry for NGC 3683A in the "notngc" files for confusion
in the Birr Castle observations of this and NGC 3674.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3683

17.5" (3/19/88): moderately bright, moderately large, very elongated NW-SE, small bright core.  In a low power field with NGC 3674 14' NW and NGC 3683A 21' NE.   NGC 3683A was noted as moderately bright and large, oval ~SW-NE, broad concentration.  A mag 13 star is off the northeast edge, 1.7' from center.