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NGC3941

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:52:55.3
Declination: +36:59:13
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 10.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vB, pL, R, smbM * 9
Sub-type: SB0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3941

17.5" (4/6/91): bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 N-S, 2.5'x1.2', high surface brightness, small very bright mottled core, substellar nucleus, fairly small halo.  A mag 13.5 star is 1.6' ENE of center.