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NGC3940

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:52:46.5
Declination: +20:59:23
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.8

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, cS, R
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3940

17.5" (4/7/89): fairly faint, small, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, small bright core, stellar nucleus.  A mag 11 star is 2.4' SE.  Member of the NGC 3937 group with NGC 3946 8.2' ENE and NGC 3929 12' W.