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NGC3817

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:41:52.8
Declination: +10:18:16
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, 1st of 4
Sub-type: SB0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3817.  See NGC 3848.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3817

17.5" (4/25/87): fairly faint, fairly small, oval ~E-W, brighter core.  A mag 11 star is 2.7' NNW of center.  First of five in the field in HCG 58 with NGC 3819 4.3' NE, NGC 3822 4.7' ESE, NGC 3825 7.9' ESE and NGC 3820 5.7' NNE.  This group is superimposed on distant galaxy cluster Abell 1356.