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NGC3971

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:55:36.3
Declination: +29:59:45
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pF, vS, R, bM
Sub-type: S0

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3971 = NGC 3984, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3971

17.5" (5/4/02): fairly faint, fairly small, round, 1.0' diameter, moderate surface brightness.  Collinear with a 3' string of three equal mag 12.5 stars to the SSE (closest 3' S).