| NGC3981 / Galaxy, type SA(rs)bc |
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| R.A. | 11h 56m 07.2s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | -19°53' 46" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 5.2×2.3' |
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| Radial Velocity | +1715km/s |
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| Magnitude | 12.1 |
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| Distance | 62 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | NGC4038 Group |
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| Other IDs | UGCA 255, ESO 572-20
Arp 289, MCG -3-31-1
IRAS 11535-1937, PGC 37496 |
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At the eastern edge of the Crater, you can find out a small galaxy of NGC3981 at the border line with the Corvus.
The galaxy has a shape being elongated in north-south direction and two clear arms stretched, has a long axis of about a bit longer than 5 arc minutes.
Images captured with larger-telescopes can show us that the galaxy has dimmed nebula-like structures surrounding.
NGC3981 is lying at about 80 million light years away and forming a small-scaled galaxy group with the "Antennae" colliding galaxy pair positioned at about 1.5 degrees northeast in Corvus.
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