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NGC3873
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:45:46.0
Declination: +19:46:26
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, pS, lE, III 387 sf
Sub-type: E1
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3873 and NGC 3875 Steve Gottlieb notes that there is some confusion in
the NGC concerning WH's number: It actually belongs on NGC 3873. The note
"III 387 sf" should also be transferred to NGC 3875 where it will read "III
387 np". The confusion arose because of a comment d'A made in his
description of NGC 3875: "Double nebula H. III. 387 follows to the south."
This may be a mistranslation of d'A's Latin text; if so, then Dreyer made the
same mistake!
The NGC identifications are not affected.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3873
17.5" (3/12/88): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated NNW-SSE, broad concentration, faint stellar nucleus. Forms a close double with NGC 3875 0.9' SE within the galaxy cluster AGC 1367.
13.1" (2/25/84): faint, small, round, bright core, close pair with NGC 3875.