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NGC3865

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:44:51.9
Declination: -9:13:59
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Common
Year of discovery: 1880
Discovery aperture: 36.0

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, dif
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3865 = NGC 3854, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3865

17.5" (4/15/93): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, very small brighter core appears offset from the geometric center.  Located 4.5' SE of mag 9 SAO 138385.  Forms a pair with NGC 3866 7' SSE.