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NGC3784

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:39:29.7
Declination: +26:18:35
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Stephan
Year of discovery: 1881
Discovery aperture: 31.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS, R, gmbM
Sub-type: SBa

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3784

17.5" (4/15/93): very faint, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 NW-SE, weak concentration, low surface brightness.  Located just 0.9' NE of a mag 10.5 star.  Forms a close pair with NGC 3785 0.8' SE with NGC 3781 7' NW.