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NGC3808

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:40:44.0
Declination: +22:25:47
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.5

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: vF, vS
Sub-type: SBc/P

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3808

17.5" (4/15/93): faint, small, slightly elongated 4:3 NW-SE, weak concentration, very faint stellar nucleus.  Located 3.5' NNE of mag 9.1 SAO 81939.  Forms a close, interacting pair (Arp 87) with NGC 3808A = VV 300b 1' N.  The companion appeared very faint, very small, round, very small brighter core.  On deep images, a spectacular tidal tail wraps around NGC 3808A.