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NGC3988

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:57:24.2
Declination: +27:52:41
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1831
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: vF, S, R, bM *, p of 2
Sub-type: E1

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3988

17.5" (4/9/99): fairly faint, very small, round, 20" diameter.  Weak even concentration to center but no core.  First of three on a line with NGC 4004 9' E and IC 2982 6' E.  A mag 11 star is 5' following (near IC 2982).