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NGC3975

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 11:55:53.7
Declination: +60:31:47
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 15.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Parsons L.
Year of discovery: 1874
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational


Summary description: vF, vS, II 840 f 17s
Sub-type: Sb

Corwin's Notes

===== NGC 3975 may possibly also be IC 3166, which see.

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3975 17.5" (4/13/91): extremely faint, small, round, very low even surface brightness, requires averted vision. Forms a pair with NGC 3978 2.0' ESE.