NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC3851

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:44:20.4
Declination: +19:58:52
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, vS, R, 5th of 5
Sub-type: E3

Steve's Notes

=====

NGC 3851

17.5" (2/20/88): very faint, extremely small, round, just non-stellar.  Forms a faint "pair" with a mag 14.5 star 37" W of center.  Located 4.7' ENE of NGC 3842 in the core of AGC 1367. 

13.1" (2/20/88): extremely faint, stellar.  Located east of a faint star.