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NGC3888
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:47:34.9
Declination: +55:57:58
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, S, lE, pgbM
Sub-type: SBc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3888. See NGC 3594 and NGC 3889.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3888
18" (2/14/10): fairly bright, fairly large, oval 3:2 WNW-ESE, 1.5'x1.0'. The galaxy is extended in the direction of a mag 12.5 star 1.9' WNW of center. Appears brighter along the major axis and increases mildly to a nucleus that seems offset to the SE side. Located south of a group of 5 mag 9-10.5 stars and 21' NNE of mag 5.3 HD 102328. Several galaxy are in the vicinity including NGC 3898 16' NE, NGC 3889 3.7' NE and MCG +9-19-183 4.7' NNW. AGC 1377, a distant cluster near the bright star, lies ~15' south!
17.5" (3/19/88): moderately bright, moderately large, oval WNW-ESE, bright core. A mag 12.5 star is 1' W. There are five fairly bright mag 9-10 stars to the NE and NW (including mag 8.8 SAO 28139 and mag 9.2 SAO 28134) arranged in two parallel strings. Third of five in the NGC 3898 group with NGC 3889 3.7' NE.