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NGC3200

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:18:36.4
Declination: -17:58:56
Constellation: HYA
Visual Magnitude: 12.0

Historic Information

Discoverer: Holden
Year of discovery: 1882
Discovery aperture: 15.6

Observational

Summary description: pB, E 160°, bMN
Sub-type: SBbc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3200

17.5" (1/31/87): moderately bright, very elongated 3:1 NNW-SSE, moderately large.  A mag 14 star is at the north end.  Either contains a stellar nucleus or a star is superimposed on the center.  A mag 12 star lies 2.0' WNW of center.