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NGC3739

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:35:37.5
Declination: +25:5:19
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Struve O.
Year of discovery: 1869
Discovery aperture: 15.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, btw 2 st 12 m
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3739

17.5" (5/4/02): very faint, very elongated 3:1 SSW-NNE, 0.6'x0.2', very low even surface brightness. Located 12' W of mag 7.0 HD 100843 (very close double?).