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NGC3177

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:16:34.1
Declination: +21:7:23
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 12.4

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1784
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: cF, S, R, psbM
Sub-type: Sbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3177

17.5" (3/23/85): fairly faint, small, increases to a brighter core, stellar nucleus, small faint halo.  Member of the NGC 3190 group.