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NGC3196

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:18:49.0
Declination: +27:40:10
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 14.9

Historic Information

Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1785
Discovery aperture: 18.7

Observational

Summary description: eeF, pS, lE
Sub-type: S0

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3196

18" (2/23/06): extremely faint and small, round, 10" diameter.  Located 0.5' W of a mag 15-15.5 star that confuses the observation.  This galaxy is unusually faint for a William Herschel discovery.  Located 13' NE of striking double star ·1421 = 8.2/9.3 at 4.5".