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NGC3885

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:46:46.5
Declination: -27:55:20
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 10.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, vS, vlE, bM, vF * sf
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3885

17.5" (4/6/91): fairly faint, small, elongated 3:2 NW-SE, bright core.  A mag 12 star is 1.4' ESE and a fainter mag 13.5 star is 1.4' SSE of center.  Located 6' NE of mag 7.6 SAO 180171.