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NGC3968
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:55:28.7
Declination: +11:58:7
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 11.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, L, iR, bM, * 10, 65°, 3'
Sub-type: SBbc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3968
17.5" (5/11/02): moderately bright and large, elongated 5:3 SSW-NNE, 2'x1.3'. The halo is pretty diffuse but brightens fairly suddenly to a distinct core and occasional stellar nucleus. Located 2.6' WSW of mag 9.8 SAO 99868 and 3¡ SE of Denebola. Also two mag 11 stars are 4.5' NNW and 5' N. Together with the mag 9.8 star the galaxy forms the SW vertex of a rectangle with these two mag 11 stars. Forms a close pair with NGC 3973 2.7' NE (missed by John Herschel).