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NGC3796

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:40:31.0
Declination: +60:17:56
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: F, cS, R, mbM
Sub-type: S?

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3796

18" (3/5/05): moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, 0.6'x0.5', increases to a very small bright core and a stellar nucleus.