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NGC3912

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:50:4.5
Declination: +26:28:49
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: F, pL, R, pgbM
Sub-type: SBb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3912 = NGC 3899, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3912

17.5" (4/25/98): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 1.2'x0.6'.  Broad concentration with a brighter core but no well-defined nucleus.  The surface brightness is irregular at 280x.  Sky transparency and seeing conditions poor.

8" (4/24/82): faint, small, elongated N-S.  NGC 3902 lies 23' SSW and NGC 3900 30' NNW.