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NGC3726

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:33:20.8
Declination: +47:1:40
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 10.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1788
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, vL, lE 0°, vsmbM * 15, * 11 n
Sub-type: SBc

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3726.  This has a companion probably picked up by LdR in 1848.  The story
is in the "notngc" files under CGCG 242-042.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3726

17.5" (4/6/91): bright, large, oval 2:1 N-S, 5.0'x2.5', patchy mottled appearance, very small or stellar nucleus but no core.  A mag 12 star is at the north tip 2.4' from the center.