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NGC3860

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:44:49.2
Declination: +19:47:42
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, r
Sub-type: Sab

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3860

17.5" (3/12/88): fairly faint, fairly small, oval SW-NE, broad concentration.  Member of galaxy cluster AGC 1367 with NGC 3862 13' SSE, NGC 3842 14' NW, CGCG 097-115 5' NNW and CGCG 097-131 6' NE.  Nearby members included NGC 3860B = MCG +03-30-087 1.3' S and CGCG 097-113 2.2' S.

13.1" (2/25/84): very faint, small, diffuse.