NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort
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NGC3828
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:42:58.3
Declination: +16:29:16
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.8
Historic Information
Discoverer: Bigourdan
Year of discovery: 1886
Discovery aperture: 12.4
Observational
Summary description: vF, S, dif
Sub-type: S
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3828. The NGC position is within a minute of arc of the GSC position.
Also, Bigourdan's original position, if reduced with respect to the GSC
position for his comparison star, is within 3 arcsec. So how did CGCG -- and
by extension, UGC -- miss the identification? Perhaps a mistake in precessing
the position? In any event, the identification needs to be added to CGCG
1140.4+1646. The UGC Notes for UGC 6686 (6 arcmin east of NGC 3828) give data
for the NGC galaxy, but only under the CGCG number. These notes, too, should
have the NGC identification added.
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3828
17.5" (3/29/89): very faint, very small, round. A mag 11 star is 1.7' SE. Forms a pair with edge-on UGC 6686 5.9' E. UGC 6686 appeared very faint, very small (only the central region was seen).