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NGC3697

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:28:50.4
Declination: +20:47:42
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, E 90°
Sub-type: SBb

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3697

17.5" (4/1/95): brightest of three in the HCG 53.  Fairly faint, moderately large, very elongated 3:1 E-W, weak even concentration.  A mag 11.5 star is 3.6' W and a mag 13 star 1.8' SE.  The mag 13 star is on a line midway to a pair of close companions MCG +04-27-044 (HCG 53B) 4.0' SE and MCG +04-27-045 (HCG 53C) 3.3' SE.  IC 700 lies 13.9' SSE.