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NGC3747

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:32:31.2
Declination: +74:22:44
Constellation: DRA
Visual Magnitude: 15.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1801
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eF, S, place doubtful
Sub-type: S?

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3747 is H. III 969, one of the fifteen nebulae found by WH on the night of 
2 April 1801, where all the positions suffer from a large, systematic error.
See NGC 3752 for more about this sweep.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3747

17.5" (4/18/98): extremely faint, very small, round.  Only visible with averted vision for moments although repeatedly glimpsed.  Listed as nonexistent in RNGC.