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NGC 3655
NGC 3655, LEDA 34935, MCG+03-29-039, UGC 6396, I 5, h 873, GC 2396
Type: galaxy, S
Mag: B=11.6, V=?
Size: 1.479′ x 0.977′
PA: 30°
Historical observations
William Herschel (c.1784)
Synonyms: H I-005
Discovered in 1784 by William Herschel with an 18.7-inch f/13 speculum telescope. He called it "B pS iR bM r."
Published comments
Sulentic & Tifft (1973)
The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 13.0 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads SLEL,UHISB.
Modern observations
Tom Lorenzin
Tom Lorenzin, in the electronic version of "1000+ The Amateur Astronomers' Field Guide to Deep Sky Observing", notes: "12M; 1.5' x 1' extent; small, faint toughie with little brighter center; 1 degree to E and a little N is a group of faint SP GALS including N3686."
Callender, John
Observer: John Callender
Instrument: 8-inch Dobsonian reflector Location: Carpinteria, CA, USA
Light pollution: light Transparency: fair Seeing: fair
Time: Wed Mar 12 06:00:00 1997 UT Obs. no.: 106
Brighter and smaller than NGC 3686, 3684, and 3681. Easy to see, but required averted vision at 49x to detect its fuzziness.
Contemporary observations
Tom Bryant
2011 6 2 23:50:39
Observing site: Little Bennett Regional Park
Telescope: C-11
[11h 22m 54s, 16° 35m 0s] A faint smudge in tonight's hazy sky.
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