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NGC3963
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:54:58.8
Declination: +58:29:36
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, cL, R, vg, sbM
Sub-type: SBbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3963
18" (5/31/03): moderately bright, fairly large, slightly elongated, 2.5'x2.0', fairly low irregular surface brightness. Asymmetric appearance with the slightly brighter core offset from center and one or two faint stars or knots embedded near the edge of the halo (breezy conditions and fairly poor seeing made confirmation difficult). Forms a pair with NGC 3958 8.2' SSW.
17.5" (5/2/92): moderately bright, moderately large, round, 2' diameter, irregular surface brightness. A mag 14.5 star is at the SSW edge of the halo 0.5' from the center. The very small core of the galaxy appears to be just NE of this star. A non-stellar knot is clearly visible with averted vision at the NE edge of the halo.