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NGC 3601 captured with a 100mm f5 Helios refractor and EOS350D.

NGC 3601 

ISO800, 20 seconds



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NGC 3601 (also IRAS 11129+0523, MCG 1-29-24, UGC 6282 and PGC 34335) is a magnitude +13.8 face-on spiral galaxy located 361 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.

The galaxy was discovered by German astronomer Albert Marth using a 121.92 cm (48 inch) reflector at William Lassell's Tigné Point observatory in Sliema, Malta, on the 22nd March 1865.

Right Ascension 11h 15m 33.2s, Declination +05° 06' 56"



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