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NGC3952
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:53:40.1
Declination: -3:59:50
Constellation: VIR
Visual Magnitude: 13.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1787
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cF, cS, lE 90° ±, bM, r
Sub-type: Sm
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3952 = IC 2972, which see. The NGC identification is not in doubt.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3952
17.5" (5/10/86): fairly faint, thin edge-on, faint arms ~E-W, brighter core. Located 7.5' SSE of mag 8.3 SAO 138460.