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NGC3981
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:56:7.0
Declination: -19:53:50
Constellation: CRT
Visual Magnitude: 11.0
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: vF, pL, iF
Sub-type: SBbc
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3981. There is a fairly wide range in positions from the various sources;
they pick out bright spots on the short bar which is oriented ssw-nne. I've
finally chosen the UCAC position as representative of the bar, but it may be
that there is a real nucleus hiding in the overexposed part that we can't see
easily.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3981
13.1" (2/16/85): moderately bright, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, weak concentration. A mag 13 star is off the east edge 1.0' from the center. The galaxy forms the east vertex of a rough isosceles triangle with two mag 10 stars 4.2' NW and 5.0' SSW. Forms a pair with MCG -03-31-003 13' ENE.