IC 3177
DSS image of IC 3177
Overlaid DSS image of IC 3177, 60' x 60' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around IC 3177

Type  Non-Existent
Magnitude  
Right Ascension  12h 20' 34.3"  (2000)
Declination  14° 7' 39" N
Constellation  Coma Berenices
Description  L, vmE 45deg , 2'.5 l
Observing Notes

Harold Corwin

IC 3177 is almost certainly a defect on the Harvard plate on which Frost found it. The nominal position is in one of the overlap zones on the POSS1, so appears on eight different POSS1 plates -- not one shows a "F streak, ext 2.'5 at 45 deg" as Frost describes it.

I searched for a similar object at reasonable RA and Dec offsets, but found nothing. So, even though I've not seen the original plate, I am quite certain that IC 3177 is a defect on it.

Coincidentally, there is a defect on the DSS (but not on any of the POSS1 prints that I examined) just a few arcmin to the southwest of the nominal position.
IC Notes by Harold Corwin
Other Data Sources for IC 3177
Nearby objects for IC 3177
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IC 3177