NGC 4736 (UGC 7996, 1248+4123) -- This ringed Sab galaxy has many peculiar features, suggesting it is in the final stages of a merger. It is one of the UV-bright LINERs studied in more detail by Maoz et al. (1995), and has two bright unresolved UV point sources, one on the nucleus and one $2.5" to the north. Using the algorithm of Maoz et al. (1996), we measure for the nuclear point source a UV flux density f (2300 ~Å)= 1.9 × 10-16 erg s-1 cm-2 Å-1, and for the northern source f(2300 Å)= 2.6 ×10-16 erg s-1 cm-2 Å-1. The nuclear point source sits on top of a high surface-brightness diffuse component that extends into a number of concentric arcs. Several fainter compact sources are also visible.
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