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NGC3875

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:45:49.4
Declination: +19:46:3
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, r
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3875.  See NGC 3873.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3875

17.5" (3/12/88): faint, very small, very elongated ~E-W, weak concentration.  Forms a close double system with brighter NGC 3873 0.9' NW within AGC 1367.

17.5" (2/20/88): faint, small, oval ~E-W, small brighter core.

13.1" (2/25/84): very faint, very small.  Forms a pair with NGC 3873.