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NGC3907
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:49:30.1
Declination: -1:5:10
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: eF, S, psbM
Sub-type: E-S0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3907
18" (4/9/05): This is a close pair of galaxies (NGC 3907A/B) although John Herschel only recorded a single object. The eastern component has a fairly high surface brightness and appears fairly faint, very small, slightly elongated SW-NE, 0.4'x0.3' (viewed core only and missed the much fainter extensions). Forms a close 1.7' pair with NGC 3907B = UGC 6793 just west. The companion appears as a faint edge-on, ~3:1 WSW-ENE, 0.9'x0.25', low even surface brighness. UGC 6793 is larger, though has a lower surface brightness than NGC 3907. Both galaxies were comparable in ease of viewing so it's surprising that Herschel missed one.