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NGC3798
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:40:13.9
Declination: +24:41:49
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: F, cS, lE, stellar, r
Sub-type: SB0
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3798
17.5" (4/14/01): fairly faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 WSW-ENE, 1.0'x0.7', moderate concentration with a small brighter core visible with direct vision. In a small group (LGG 245) with NGC 3812 14' NE and NGC 3815 20' ENE.