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NGC3994

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 11:57:36.8
Declination: +32:16:39
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational


Summary description: pB, vS, 2nd of 3
Sub-type: Sc/P

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3994 24" (5/25/14): at 375x appeared fairly bright, elongated oval 5:2 SSW-NNE, 0.8'x35', well concentrated with a very bright core. Second in a striking trio (KTG 39) with NGC 3995 1.9' NE and NGC 3991 3.8' NNW. 17.5" (2/24/90): moderately bright, small, elongated 2:1 SSW-NNE, prominent core. Second of three elongated systems with NGC 3991 3.8' NNW and NGC 3995 1.8' NE. Located 5' WNW of mag 6.4 SAO 62774.