Galaxy · constellation Com
IC 3946
IC 3946MCG +05-31-050PGC 44508
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 12h 58m 48.7s
- Declination
- +27° 48' 37"
- Size
- 51.6″ × 26.4″
- Position angle
- 71°
- Magnitude
- 14.0 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 23.46 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- S0
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Position in 1973A&AS...12...89G is incorrect.
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