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NGC3901
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:42:49.2
Declination: +77:22:22
Constellation: CAM
Visual Magnitude: 13.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1801
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, pL, r, Place doubtful
Sub-type: Sc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3901. This is one of fifteen nebulae found by WH on the night of 2 April
1801 which have positions affected by a large, systematic error. See NGC 3752
for more.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3901
18" (3/5/05): very faint, moderately large, low surface brightness, very weak concentration, elongated roughly 4:3 though it was difficult to pin down an orientation as the halo increased with averted vision.