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NGC3786
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:39:42.5
Declination: +31:54:31
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.3
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3
Observational
Summary description: pB, pL, E 57°, gbM, p of 2
Sub-type: SBa/P
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3786. See NGC 3793.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3786
18" (4/10/04): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 2:1 WSW-ENE, brighter core. I observed SN 2004bd, discovered less than a week earlier on 4/4/04 and situated just 4.7" W and 1.2" S of center. When the seeing steadied, the supernova was clearly resolved as a mag 14.5 "star" close WSW of center (along the major axis) and very close to the brighter (Markarian) core. Forms a pair with NGC 3788 1.4' NE of center. A mag 10.8 star lies 2.0' SE.
17.5" (2/24/90): moderately bright, moderately large, elongated 5:2 WSW-ENE, bright core. Forms a pleasing close pair with NGC 3788 (separation of 1.4' NE). The galaxies are elongated at nearly right angles and almost attached at the ENE end of NGC 3786. A mag 10.5 star is 2' SE.