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NGC3951

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:53:41.3
Declination: +23:22:56
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.6

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, cS, vlE
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3951

17.5" (5/4/02): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 ~N-S, 0.9'x0.5', weak concentration.  Brightest in a string of five galaxies including UGC 6846 and 6855 to the NW.