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NGC3705
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 11:30:7.6
Declination: +9:16:34
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 11.1
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: pF, pL, R, vsmbM, r
Sub-type: SBab
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3705
18" (5/3/11): very bright, very large, elongated 2:1 or 5:2 NW-SE (with averted vision), 3.5'x1.5'. Contains a large, brighter core that increases to a very bright stellar nucleus. Outside the central region, the outer halo fades rapidly but doesn't have a distinct boundary.
17.5" (2/28/87): bright, fairly large, small bright core, elongated 5:2 WNW-ESE, 4.0'x1.6'. NGC 3692 lies 26' WNW.