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NGC3928

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:51:47.6
Declination: +48:40:59
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, R, pspmbM
Sub-type: E0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3928 may well be the faintest galaxy known with well-developed spiral
structure.  See Sidney van den Bergh's short article and splendid photograph
in PASP 92, 409, 1980.  Also see NGC 3932.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3928

17.5" (4/7/89): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated SSW-NNE, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  Bracketed between a mag 13.5 star 1.3' SE and a mag 14 star 1.9' NNW of center.