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NGC3954

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:53:41.7
Declination: +20:52:57
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: eF, R
Sub-type: C

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3954 is not NGC 3948, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3954

17.5" (4/7/89): fairly faint, very small, round, small bright core, faint stellar nucleus.  Forms the northern vertex of an isosceles triangle with a mag 10 star 4.4' SSE and a mag 11 star 4.2' SSW.  Member of the NGC 3937 group with NGC 3947 10' SW.