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NGC3970

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:55:28.1
Declination: -12:3:41
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1828
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: F, S, R, psbM, p of 2
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3970

17.5" (5/11/96): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 E-W, 1.0'x0.5'.  Contains a round, very small, bright core with faint extensions.  A mag 11 star is 2.3' SSE.  Forms a pair with NGC 3974 3.6' NE.