NGC/IC Project Restoration Effort

(This is a very very beta version)

NGC3844

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 11:44:0.9
Declination: +20:1:46
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1864
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, lE
Sub-type: S0-a

Steve's Notes

=====

NGC 3844

17.5" (3/12/88): very faint, very small, slightly elongated, broad concentration, faint stellar nucleus.  Located in the core of AGC 1367 4.8' N of NGC 3842.  Nearby are NGC 3845 2.3' SE, NGC 3841 3.4' S, NGC 3840 2.9' N.

13.1" (2/25/84): very faint, very small, round, brighter core, similar to NGC 3840 and NGC 3845.