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NGC3986

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:56:44.2
Declination: +32:1:17
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: pF, S, pmE 90° ±, * 11 nr
Sub-type: S0-a

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3986 = NGC 3966, which see.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3986

17.5" (2/24/90): faint, small, edge-on E-W, bulging core.  A close double star is located just 0.8' SW of the center consisting of mag 13 and 14 stars with separation 9" oriented N-S.  Member of the NGC 3995 group.