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NGC3967

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:55:10.3
Declination: -7:50:35
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Tempel
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, F * close p
Sub-type: E-S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3967

17.5" (4/15/93): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 WNW-ESE, small bright core.  A mag 13.5 star is 1' ENE. A semicircle of five stars with a 4' diameter is about 5' SE.  NGC 3959 lies 10' NW.  This galaxy does not appear as bright as listed magnitude V = 10.7.