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NGC3820

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:42:4.8
Declination: +10:23:4
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1865
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, h 950 s
Sub-type: Sbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3820.  See NGC 3848.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3820

17.5" (4/25/87): extremely faint, small, almost round, diffuse, even surface brightness.  Located 2.0' N of NGC 3819 and 5.5' NNE of NGC 3817.  Third of five (and faintest) in HCG 58.