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NGC3958

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:54:33.5
Declination: +58:22:0
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 13.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, pS, pmE, vgbM
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3958

18" (5/31/03): fairly faint, moderately large, elongated 5:2 SSW-NNE, slightly brighter core.  A mag 14 star lies ~30" N.  Located 8.2' SSW of NGC 3963.