NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

===== NGC 3730. See NGC 3721.

===== NGC 3730 24" (3/9/13): fairly faint to moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated ~30"x24". Sharply concentrated with a bright round core and a much fainter halo. Forms a close pair with MCG -01-30-004, an extremely faint edge-on just 0.8' SSW of center. This companion was only marginally glimpsed. NGC 3730 is the brightest member of a group of galaxies (all with uncertain identifications) including MCG -01-30-005 (NGC 3722), -006, -007 (NGC 3724) and -008 roughly 6' SE. Another trio of faint galaxies (PGC 156711, 156714 and 156715) is ~6' NE. Finally PGC 35727 (possibly NGC 3721) lies 7' NNW. 18" (5/12/07): faint, small, elongated 4:3 ~N-S, 0.4'x0.3', broad weak concentration with an occasional sparkle at the center (slightly brighter nucleus). A group of 4 or 5 mag 14-15 stars follows. Located 16' N of NGC 3732 and 10' NNW of a string of three galaxies (including NGC 3722 and NGC 3724). 2MASX J11344327-0931595 (first in another extremely faint trio) lies 5' NE. 17.5" (4/5/97): faint, fairly small, slightly elongated ~N-S, 0.8'x0.6', weak concentration to center but no well-defined core. Several fainter galaxies in field including the trio of NGC 3722, NGC 3724 and MCG -01-30-008 ~6' SE and a very faint pair of anonymous galaxies 4.5' NE and 7.0' NE. The NGC identification is very uncertain as Leavenworth's position is a very poor match.