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NGC3916

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:50:51.2
Declination: +55:8:37
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1789
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, R, gbM
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3916.  See NGC 3594.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3916

48" (5/12/12): at 488x appeared bright, fairly large, elongated nearly 4:1 SW-NE, ~1.2'x0.3'.  Arp 224 = NGC 3921 lies 4.5' SE, MCG +09-19-213 is 5.8' SSW and PGC 2491113 (part of Arp 224) is 3.6' ESE.

18" (4/30/11): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:1 SW-NE, 0.7'x0.2'.  NGC 3921 lies 4.5' SE.

17.5" (3/19/88): faint, fairly small, thin edge-on SW-NE, weak concentration.  Forms a pair with NGC 3921 4.5' SSE.