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NGC3221

Basic Information

Location and Magnitude

Right Ascension: 10:22:20.2
Declination: +21:34:8
Constellation: LEO
Visual Magnitude: 13.1

Historic Information

Discoverer: d'Arrest
Year of discovery: 1862
Discovery aperture: 11.0

Observational

Summary description: eF, mE, ray
Sub-type: SBc

Steve's Notes

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NGC 3221

17.5" (4/13/91): fairly faint, moderately large, edge-on 4:1 NNW-SSE, 3.0'x0.7', brighter middle but no nucleus.  A mag 11 star is 4.6' S of center.