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NGC3813
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:41:18.5
Declination: +36:32:48
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 11.7
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, pL, pmE 90° ±, bM
Sub-type: Sb
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3813
17.5" (4/1/95): fairly bright, fairly large, very elongated 3:1 WSW-ENE, 2.4'x0.8'. Broad concentration to a large brighter core which brightens to a small nucleus. Mottled appearance with an irregular surface brightness. A mag 14 star is at the east end 1.3' from center. Two mag 14 stars just off the west end 2.1' and 2.8' from center are collinear with the major axis. A mag 15 star is close SW of the core by 1.2'. Located 13' ENE of mag 7.8 SAO 62647.