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NGC3701

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:29:28.8
Declination: +24:5:37
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, pL, lE
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3701

18" (4/9/05): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 NNW-SSE, 1.0'x0.5', weak concentration with a central bulge.  A mag 14 star lies 0.9' N of center.