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NGC3216

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:21:41.2
Declination: +23:55:24
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.4

Historic Information

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

Observational

Summary description: vF, pS, R, bM
Sub-type: E2

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3216

17.5" (3/25/95): faint, fairly small, elongated 4:3 N-S, 0.9'x0.7', weak concentration.  Located 4.7' ENE of a mag 10.5 star.  Brightest in a group with UGC 5597 at 4.6' SE (not seen) and an anonymous galaxy 4.1' NNW.