Herschel 190
NGC 3912

Object Type Galaxy S-Irr
Constellation Leo
Magnitude 12.6
Size 1.5' x 0.9'


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

NGC 3912 is classified by some as a spiral, and by others as an irregular.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 3912.

Moderately large but faint. Elliptical in shape with a brighter core.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.4. Thin cirrus clouds passing.