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NGC3437
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:52:35.3
Declination: +22:56:6
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pB, pL, lE 120°, gbM
Sub-type: SBc
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3437
17.5" (2/8/91): moderately bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, 2.4'x0.8'. Two mag 14 stars are near the NW end collinear with the major axis and a mag 13.5 star is off the SW side 3.0' from center. Slightly brighter at the SE end and also just west of the weak core. Appears slightly bowed out on the north side and flatter on the south side. There is a sharp light cutoff along the north side with a strong impression of a dust lane.
8" (4/24/82): fairly faint, small, very elongated NW-SE.