NGC 3719 and NGC 3720
A pair of Spiral Galaxies in Leo

Supernova 2002at:

This image was made as an attempted observation of Supernova 2002 at. However, it has become too dim to appear in this image which has a limiting magnitude of around 19.5. The Katzman Automatic Imaging Telescope (Lick Observatory) discovered the supernova on February 5th, 2002. It was magnitude 17.8 at discovery.

Galaxies NGC 3719 and NGC 3720:

These two Spiral Galaxies (Constellation of Leo) appear to form an associated pair. The red shift of both galaxies is about the same, and gives a distance estimate for the pair of 310 million light years (Hubble Constant of 62 Km/sec per Mpc).

NGC 3719 Magnitude: 13.4 Constellation: Leo RA: 11h 32m 13.5s Dec: +00° 49' 14" Epoch 2000 Size (mins): 1.8' x 1.3' Classification: SA(rs)bc pec:                          Spiral Galaxy, mixed inner ring s-shaped, peculiar (uncertain)

NGC 3720 Magnitude: 13.7 Constellation: Leo RA: 11h 32m 22.1s Dec: +00° 48' 17" Epoch 2000 Size (mins): 0.9' x 0.9' Classification: SA                Spiral Galaxy, (uncertain)

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George Normandin, KAS

April 7th, 2002