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NGC3902

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 11:49:18.7
Declination: +26:7:18
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: F, pS, lE, vglbM
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3902 17.5" (5/4/02): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 3:2 E-W, 1.2'x0.8', weak concentration. Member of the nearby group LGG 254 and located ~2 degrees NW of the NGC 4005 cluster.