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NGC3823
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:42:15.1
Declination: -13:52:0
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 12.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1836
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: F, cS, lE, pslbM
Sub-type: E1
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3823. JH has a note in CGH that reads "It is just possible that by a
double mistake of 1m in RA, and 1[deg] in PD, this nebula may be h 957 [NGC
3831]. Both observations are correctly reduced."
In fact, there are two galaxies matching JH's descriptions close to his
positions, so we can be reasonably certain that he did in fact see and measure
the two with no errors in his reductions.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3823
18" (3/19/04): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated E-W, weak concentration, 0.7'x0.6'. Situated directly between two mag 13-14 stars 2' N and 2' S. NGC 3831 lies 1.0¡ NNE.