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NGC3165

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:13:31.4
Declination: +3:22:30
Constellation: SEX
Visual Magnitude: 13.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Mitchell
Year of discovery: 1856
Discovery aperture: 72.0

Observational

Summary description: vF, mE 0°, 1st of 3
Sub-type: Sdm

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3165

17.5" (3/23/85): very faint, elongated 2:1 N-S.  Forms the western vertex of a triangle with two mag 12.5 stars 1.9' SE and 1.7' NE.  First and faintest of three located 4.6' SW of NGC 3166 and 12' SW of NGC 3169.