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NGC3903

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:49:3.3
Declination: -37:31:2
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pB, cS, vlE, lbM
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3903

18" (5/15/10): faint at 175x or fairly faint at 220x, fairly small, slightly elongated ~E-W, ~30"x25", just a broad weak concentration wit no core or zones.  Situated in a E-W line of stars with a mag 14 star 50" W and a mag 12 star 2.6' E.  A pair of mag 14/15 stars also lies 1.5' E.