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NGC3917

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:50:45.6
Declination: +51:49:29
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.8

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, L, vmE, vgbM
Sub-type: Sc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3917

17.5" (3/19/88): moderately bright, large, very elongated 4:1 WSW-ENE, broad concentration without a distinct nucleus.  Two stars are off the south edge; a mag 13.5 star 1.3' S and a mag 14 star 1.3' SE of center.  Forms a pair with the 16th magnitude flat galaxy UGC 6802 6.2' WNW (not seen).