U 326
10:56 to 11:28
-17° to -28°
Crt, Hya

FEATURED OBJECTS: NGC 3511, NGC 3513, ESO502-SC019, IC 2627, NGC 3544, ESO570-SC012, NGC 3585, NGC 3673.

NGC 3511
ESO502-G013
RA 11:03:23
Dec -23°05.2'
Galaxy

Discovered in 1786 by William Herschel (H V-039) "vF, mE near the parallel, or about 10 degrees sp-nf, vgbM, 8' long, 3' broad." In the Notes to the 'Catalogue of a Second Thousand of New Nebulae and Cluster of Stars' a comment reads: "also observed in Sweep 664, December 24, 1786. 'The neb of 660 sweep as described there.' Places agrees. V.40 [NGC 3513] observed in the same two sweeps , and both seen by Bigourdan, yet Innes with a 7-inch refractor at the Cape could only see V.40 (Monthly Notes, Vol 59, p339)."

Tom Lorenzin: “11.9M; 4.2' x 1.5' extent; faint, large and oblong with axis oriented ENE-WSW; see photo at HAG-35”

Steve Coe, using a 13” f/5.6, notes: “Pretty bright, pretty large, elongated 3 X 1 in PA 10 and somewhat brighter in the middle at 135X. There is a star at either end of this galaxy.”

NGC 3513
ESO502-G014
RA 11:03:45
Dec -23°14.7'
Galaxy

Discovered in 1786 by William Herschel (H V-040) "vF, mE 15 degrees sp-nf, vlbM, about 7' long, 4' broad."

Tom Lorenzin: “(12M; 2' x 1.6' extent) is faint, fuzzy and elliptical blob 8' to SE of NGC 3511 between two 9M stars”

The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 12.0 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads S,BM,SLDIF,KNYARMS N ARM DISTURBED.

ESO502-SC019

RA 11:08:07
Dec -26°43.9'
Open cluster

IC 2627
ESO502-G021
RA 11:09:52
Dec -23°43.6'
Galaxy

NGC 3544
NGC 3571, ESO570-G011
RA 11:11:28
Dec -18°17.3'
Galaxy

Discovered in 1790 by William Herschel (H II-819) "pF, pL, iF, bM."

Steve Coe, using a 13” f/5.6, notes: “Pretty faint, pretty small, somewhat brighter in the middle, elongated 2 X 1 in PA 75 at 165X.”

The RNGC (Sulentic and Tifft 1973) notes that this is a 13.0 mag galaxy. Their coded description reads EL,BM,DIF.

ESO570-SC012

RA 11:12:11
Dec -21°19.2'
Open cluster

NGC 3585
ESO502-G025
RA 11:13:15
Dec -26°45.3'
Galaxy

Discovered in 1784 by William Herschel (H II-269) "pB, pL, lE, mbM."

h: "vB, pL, pmE; forms equilateral triangle with two stars 8th and 8 to 8th mag following, distant 6' or 7'." On a second occassion he called it "vB, pL, E, vsvmbM; has an elongated nucleus; 90 arcseconds long, 1' broad. Plate IV. fig.10."

Houston includes this galaxy in his Hydra Hysteria. He writes that in his 4-inch Clark refractor at 100x "it shows a nice stubby cigar shape about 3' long, and there's a 6th mag star about 1/3 degree to its west." In 1972 he wrote: "although only 1' in diameter, the 10th mag galaxy NGC 3585 is much easier to see [than NGC 3109]. It is located at the western apex of an equilateral triangle formed with two 8.5 mag stars 6' or 7' distant."

Tom Lorenzin: “11.3M; 1.5' x 0.8' extent; fuzz-ball with stellar nucleus; bright star 10' due W is 6.5M SAO 179629”

Steve Coe, observing with a 17.5” f/4.5 at 100X, notes: “Pretty bright, Pretty large, elongated, brighter in the middle stellar nucleus”

NGC 3673
ESO503-G016
RA 11:25:12
Dec -26°44.2'
Galaxy

h: "F, vL, vglbM. Several small stars near, and one = 7th mag nearly south, at 6' distance."

Houston includes this galaxy in his Hydra Hysteria. Observing with his 4-inch refractor, he notes: "while it has a photographic mag of 12.4, I make it to be nearly a mag brighter visually." Houston notes that both NGC 3673 and NGC 3717 are of similar brightness, although their discoverer, Sir John Herschel, called the former 'faint' and the latter 'pretty bright.'

Steve Coe, observing with a 17.5” f/4.5 at 100X, notes: “Pretty faint, Pretty large, elongated, brighter in the middle pretty faint, double star in following arm”