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NGC3987
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:57:20.9
Declination: +25:11:43
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.9
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, mE
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3987
24" (3/22/14): moderately bright, fairly large, very elongated 7:2 SW-NE, 1.5'x0.4', large bright core, irregular surface brightness. First of 4 in a string with NGC 3989 2.6' NE, NGC 3993 4.7' NE and NGC 3997 7.7' NE. A mag 10.5 star is 2.4' N.
17.5" (3/19/88): fairly faint, moderately large, edge-on WSW-ENE, weak concentration. Located 2.5' S of a mag 10.5 star. Member of the NGC 3987/4005 group with NGC 3989 2.6' NE, NGC 3993 4.6' NE and NGC 3997 7.5' NE.