NGC 3599
DSS image of NGC 3599
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 3599, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

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MCG +03-29-015, UGC 6281, PGC 34326, ZWG 096.015

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  11.9
Size  2.8' x 2.5'
Right Ascension  11h 15' 26.9"  (2000)
Declination  18° 6' 37" N
Constellation  Leo
Description  B, pS, R, pgmbM
Classification  SO
Observing Notes

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)

Small, round. Most remarkable if, as D'A. thinks, var. '31 brighter than H. III 27 [NGC3605] 1m 22s f; '61, I class (so Schönfeld); '63, sometimes II, at others invisible; '64, not above III, and fainter than H. III 27.
― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
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NGC 3599