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NGC3713

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:31:41.9
Declination: +28:9:14
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, cS, R, sbMN
Sub-type: E-S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3713 is probably also NGC 3927 (which see).  Also see NGC 3712 = NGC 3714.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3713

18" (5/30/03): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, 1.0'x0.7', small bright core.  Collinear with a mag 11.5 star 5' WNW and a mag 13 star 8.5' WNW.

17.5" (4/9/99): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated NW-SE, 0.8'x0.6', bright core increases to a quasi-stellar nucleus, halo is ill-defined.  Brightest of 4 in region with NGC 3714 13' NNE, UGC 6522 11' SE and CGCG 156-92 5.5' NW.