NGC 3941
DSS image of NGC 3941
Overlaid DSS image of NGC 3941, 30' x 30' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around NGC 3941
H I 173, h 1005, GC 2600, MCG +06-26-051, UGC 6857, PGC 37235

Type  Galaxy
Magnitude  11
Size  3.5' x 2.3' @ 10°
Right Ascension  11h 52' 55.4"  (2000)
Declination  36° 59' 11" N
Constellation  Ursa Major
Description  vB, pL, R, smbM *9
Classification  SBO
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Mar 2, 2011    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%

Small, bright, stellar core, elongated 2'x1' north-south

Andrew Cooper
May 15, 2004    Caballo Loco Ranch, Pima Co., AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet

Small, bright, stellar core, slightly elongated north-south

Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885    Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)

Large in dark nights; central blaze.
― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
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NGC 3941