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NGC3850

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:45:35.5
Declination: +55:53:12
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, pL, lE
Sub-type: SBc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3850.  See NGC 3594.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3850

18" (2/14/10): fairly faint, fairly large oval 3:2 NW-SE, 1.6'x1.1', low surface brightness, very weak concentration.  Located 17' WSW of NGC 3888 and 19' NW of mag 5.3 HD 102328 (adjacent to AGC 1377).

17.5" (3/19/88): faint, fairly small, diffuse oval NW-SE.  Second of five in a group with NGC 3846 17' SW.