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NGC3923
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:51:1.6
Declination: -28:48:21
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 9.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1791
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: B, pL, lE, gmbM, r, vS * sp inv
Sub-type: E4
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3923
18" (4/29/06): very bright, fairly large, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, ~2.5'x1.5'. Well-concentrated with a very bright elongated core that increases to a stellar nucleus. The relatively fainter halo increases in size with averted vision. This well-studied galaxy is surrounded by concentric gaseous shells of material.
8" (5/21/82): bright, moderately large, elongated SW-NE, small bright nucleus. NGC 3904 lies 40' SW.