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NGC3866

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:45:11.6
Declination: -9:18:52
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 13.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: sf last one, not so L
Sub-type: Sa

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3866 = NGC 3858, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3866

17.5" (4/15/93): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, weak concentration.  A mag 11.5 star is close off the west edge 0.8' from center.  Forms a pair with NGC 3865 6' NW.