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NGC3687

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:28:0.5
Declination: +29:30:40
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, pS, R, lbM, r
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3687

18" (3/29/03): fairly faint, fairly small, round.  Seems to have an irregular surface brightness with a very small, slightly brighter condensation in the halo.