Type | Non-Existent |
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Magnitude | Right Ascension | 12h 22' 52.8" (2000) |
Declination | 6° 40' 48" N |
Constellation | Virgo |
Harold Corwin
IC 3229 is often taken as the low surface brightness late-type galaxy (UGC 7448) 14 seconds of time following IC 3225 (= UGC 7441). However, Schwassmann's position and description make this unlikely. His position puts IC 3229 only 5 seconds of time following IC 3225, and he notes the object as being "on the edge of perceptibility." Furthermore, he found IC 3229 on just one plate, while IC 3225 appeared on two.
All of this is enough to make me question the usual identification and suggest that Schwassmann's object is actually a defect or no more than random grain clumping.― IC Notes by Harold Corwin
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