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NGC3978

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:56:10.6
Declination: +60:31:22
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, S, lE, bM, * 8 90°, 6'
Sub-type: SBbc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3978 may possibly also be IC 3180.  See IC 3166 for the story.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3978

17.5" (4/13/91): fairly faint, fairly small, round, broad concentration.  Located just 4' W of mag 8.0 SAO 15664 and 7.6' ENE of a mag 9.5 star.  A mag 13 star is 1.7' SSE.  Forms a pair with NGC 3975 2' WNW.