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NGC 3748
NGC 3748 is a lenticular galaxy with a bar[1] located in the Leo constellation.[2][3] It is located 440 million light-years away from the Solar System[4] and was discovered by Ralph Copeland on April 5, 1874, but also observed by Hermann Kobold, Lawrence Parsons and John Louis Emil Dreyer.[5]  Like NGC 3746, NGC 3748 also has a recessed core (RET).[4] It is described as, "moderately bright, fairly small, slightly elongated NW-SE, 0.4'x0.3' with a small bright core".[6] Copeland SeptetNGC 3748 is a member of the Copeland Septet which is made up of 7 galaxies which were discovered by Copeland in 1874.[7] The other members are NGC 3745, NGC 3746, NGC 3750, NGC 3751, NGC 3753 and NGC 3754.[8] Halton Arp noticed the galaxies in this group in an article that was published in 1966.[9] This group is known as Arp 320 along with another galaxy, PGC 36010.[10] This group was observed by Paul Hickson whom he included in his article in 1982.[11] The group is known as Hickson 57, in which NGC 3748 is designated as HCG 57E.[12] References
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