Celestial Atlas
(IC 3900 - 3949) <—     IC Objects: IC 3950 - 3999     —> (IC 4000 - 4049)
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IC 3950 (= PGC 3090103)
Discovered (1904) by
Max Wolf
A 16th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type S?) in Coma Berenices (RA 12 59 06, Dec +18 44 10)

Apparent size 0.25 by 0.18 arcmin; apparently nothing else known.

Wikisky SDSS image of IC 3950
Above, a closeup of IC 3950
Below, an approximately 15 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy
Wikisky SDSS image of region near IC 3950

IC 3951

IC 3952

IC 3953

IC 3954

IC 3955

IC 3956

IC 3957

IC 3958

IC 3959

IC 3960

IC 3961 (=
NGC 4861)
Discovered (May 1, 1785) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 4861)
Discovered (Mar 21, 1903) by Max Wolf (5-105) (and later listed as IC 3961)
A 14th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBm) in Canes Venatici (RA 12 59 01.8, Dec +34 51 43)

IC 3962

IC 3963

IC 3964

IC 3965

IC 3966

IC 3967

IC 3968

IC 3969

IC 3970

IC 3971

IC 3972

IC 3973

IC 3974 (=
NGC 4947)
Discovered (May 1, 1834) by John Herschel (and later listed as NGC 4947)
Discovered (Mar 28, 1898) by Lewis Swift (XI-146) (and later listed as IC 3974)
A 12th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBb) in Centaurus (RA 13 05 20.2, Dec -35 20 13)

IC 3975

IC 3976

IC 3977

IC 3978

IC 3979

IC 3980

IC 3981

IC 3982

IC 3983

IC 3984

IC 3985

IC 3986

IC 3987

IC 3988

IC 3989

IC 3990

IC 3991

IC 3992

IC 3993

IC 3994

IC 3995

IC 3996

IC 3997

IC 3998

IC 3999 (=
NGC 4862)
Discovered (Feb 26, 1886) by Francis Leavenworth (and later listed as NGC 4862)
Discovered (Apr 16, 1895) by Guillaume Bigourdan (305) (and later listed as IC 3999)
A 14th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBc) in Virgo (RA 12 59 30.8, Dec -14 07 55)
Celestial Atlas
(IC 3900 - 3949) <—     IC Objects: IC 3950 - 3999     —> (IC 4000 - 4049)
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