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NGC3785

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:39:32.9
Declination: +26:18:10
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.2

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, eS, R, bM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3785

17.5" (4/15/93): faint, fairly small, elongated 2:1 SW-NE, small bright core, very faint extensions.  Located 1.5' E of a mag 10.5 star.  This galaxy is the slightly brighter of a close pair with NGC 3784 just 0.8' NW.  NGC 3781 lies 7' NW.