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NGC3887
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:47:4.6
Declination: -16:51:14
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 10.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, L, iR, vgpmbM
Sub-type: SBbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3887
17.5" (4/15/93): fairly bright, large, elongated 3:2 ~N-S, 3.0'x2.0', broadly concentrated halo, no well-defined nucleus. A mag 12 star is at the NE edge of the halo 1.2' from the center and a mag 13 star is off the SE edge 2.0' from center.
8" (5/21/82): faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE, diffuse. Located 90' NE of mag 5 Zeta Crateris.