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NGC3884
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:46:12.1
Declination: +20:23:29
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, S, iR, gbM, r, * 7 sp 6'
Sub-type: S0-a
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3884
17.5" (2/20/88): fairly faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~N-S, broad concentration, small faint core. Located 4.5' NNE of mag 7.7 SAO 81978 within AGC 1367.
NGC 3884 forms a pair with IC 732 4' NW. The companion is very faint, very small, very elongated. This system is a contact pair though was not resolved.
17.5" (2/13/88): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated, brighter middle increases to a small brighter core, very faint halo extended ~N-S.
13.1" (2/25/84): fairly faint, fairly small, irregularly round, broad concentration.