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NGC3831

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 11:43:18.6
Declination: -12:52:41
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: F, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: S0-a/P

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 3831. See NGC 3823.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3831 18" (3/19/04): fairly faint, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, 1.2'x0.4'. Contains a small, bright core and very faint extensions which fades at the tip. Surrounded by several MCG galaxies, though these were not searched for. A mag 9 star lies 6' N. NGC 3823 lies 1¡ south.