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NGC3809

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:41:15.9
Declination: +59:53:10
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.7

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1866
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: pB, S, R, glbM
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3809

18" (5/31/03): moderately bright, fairly small, round, 0.8' diameter, well-concentrated with a small, prominent core and stellar nucleus.  Very symmetrical appearance.