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NGC3688

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:27:44.4
Declination: -9:9:54
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Common
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 36.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, lE 0°, gbM
Sub-type: Sb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3688

18" (3/17/07): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, 0.7'x0.35', low even surface brightness.  Located 7.6' SSW of a mag 10.5 star.