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NGC3838

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:44:13.4
Declination: +57:56:55
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.3

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1790
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: pB, cS, E, psbM * 12
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3838

18" (5/31/03): moderately bright, fairly small, elongated 5:2 NW-SE, 0.8'x0.3', spindle-shaped.  Sharp concentration with a very small bright core and stellar nucleus.  A mag 12 star lies 3.2' S.  Member of the LGG 246 group along with NGC 3757 and NGC 3795.