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NGC3946

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:53:20.6
Declination: +21:1:17
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4

Observational

Summary description: vF, vlbM, dif
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3946

17.5" (4/7/89): very faint, extremely small, round.  Located 3.0' ENE of a mag 10.5 star.  Member of the NGC 3937 group with NGC 3954 9.6' SE and NGC 3940 8' W.