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NGC3800

 

Basic Information


Location and Magnitude


Right Ascension: 11:40:13.3
Declination: +15:20:32
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information


Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational


Summary description: F, pS, E, pglbM, r, f of 2
Sub-type: SBb/P

Steve's Notes

===== NGC 3800 17.5" (3/29/89): moderately bright, fairly small, very elongated 3:1 SW-NE, 1.8'x0.5'. Forms a close pair with NGC 3799 just off the SW end 1.4' from the center. A mag 10.5 star is 3.2' SSE of center.