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NGC3749

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 11:35:53.0
Declination: -37:59:51
Constellation: CEN
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1835
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational


Summary description: F, cS, lE, gvlbM
Sub-type: Sa

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3749 18" (4/25/09): faint, moderately large, elongated. At times only the brighter 30" core was visible but with concentration, long low surface brightness arms extend WNW-ESE and increase the size to ~1.4'x0.5'. The eastern side of the galaxy nearly reaches a line connecting two mag 12/13 stars with a separation of 3'. Located 4.8' SE of NGC 3742 and on images appears to be tidally disrupted.