NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC3869
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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.