Galaxy · constellation Cen
IC 3986
IC 3986ESO 443-032MCG -05-31-016PGC 44905
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 13h 01m 32.1s
- Declination
- -32° 17' 28"
- Size
- 1.9′ × 1.4′
- Position angle
- 124°
- Magnitude
- 13.3 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.54 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- E
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Corwin lists 2MASX J13010079-3226289 as a better candidate, but NED and Simbad agree on the previous identification.
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