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NGC3877
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:46:7.3
Declination: +47:29:40
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: B, L, mE 37°
Sub-type: Sc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3877
17.5" (4/6/91): moderately bright, very elongated 4:1 SW-NE, 4.5'x1.1', bright core, faint stellar nucleus. A mag 10.5 star is 3.8' NNW of center. Located 16' S of Chi Ursa Majoris (V = 3.7).
17.5" (4/7/89): fairly bright, large, very elongated, bright core, faint stellar nucleus.
17.5" (4/18/98): Viewed 13.5 magnitude supernova SNGC 1998S as an easy object on the south side of the core.