3C 371 na wan BL Lac ɔbjɛkt[1][2] we de na di kɔnstɛlɛshɔn Drako. Wit redshift we na 0.051,[2] dis aktif galɛksi de lɛk 730 milyɔn layt-ia fa.[3] 3C 371 na wan tin we pipul dεn no gud gud wan, fכs we dεn kכl am wit di BL Lac klas we Miller bin mek insay 1975,[4] εn i de pan di BL Lacs dεm we de nia εn brayt.[4] Optik jet emission frכm 3C 371 bin fכs dεtekt in grכn-bεys imej bay Nilsson et al. insay 1997, εn kכnfכm wit HST (Scarpa et al.) insay 1999.[4] di angle we dεn implεt fכ si kin less dan 18 digri.[4] bכt dεn nכ dεtekt nכ supεrluminal muvmεnt, pan כl we di Vεri lכng Beslayn εri (VLBA) de mכnitor am frכmεnt.[4] fכto dεm de fכ dis tin we de bak insay 1895, εn dεn sho se dis tin in magnitכd kin difrεn bay ±1.5.[5]