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NGC3869

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:45:45.5
Declination: +10:49:29
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1826
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, iR, psbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3869

17.5" (4/25/87): fairly faint, fairly small, very elongated NW-SE, bright core, faint stellar nucleus, pretty galaxy.  Member of the NGC 3817-3869 group.