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NGC3973

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:55:37.0
Declination: +11:59:50
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 15.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1855
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, eS, * 10 1' sf (requires verification)
Sub-type: S

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3973

17.5" (5/11/02): extremely faint, very small, slightly elongated, 0.4'x0.3'.  Nearly lost in the glare of mag 9.8 SAO 99868 just 45" SSE.  This galaxy is the faint companion of NGC 3968 2.7' SW.