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NGC3969

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 11:55:9.1
Declination: -18:55:38
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 12.9

Historic Information


Discoverer: Stone
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 26.3

Observational


Summary description: eF, vS, gbMN, * 10 np 4'
Sub-type: SB0-a

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3969 17.5" (5/11/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 3:2 SW-NE, 1.2'x0.8'. Weak, even concentration to an ill-defined brighter core. Located 3.7' S of a mag 10 star. A mag 12 star is 1.8' ENE.