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NGC3788

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:39:44.7
Declination: +31:55:50
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel J.
Year of discovery: 1827
Discovery aperture: 18.3

Observational

Summary description: cB, pL, pmE 177°, pgbM
Sub-type: SBab/P

Corwin's Notes

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NGC 3788.  See NGC 3793.

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3788

17.5" (2/24/90): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 N-S, brighter core.  Forms a striking pair of elongated spirals with NGC 3786 1.4' SW (Arp 294), which is almost attached at the south end of NGC 3788.  A mag 10.5 star lies 2.7' SE.