NGC 3229
| Asterism | |
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| NGC 3229 | |
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| SDSS recording | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10h 23m 24.3s |
| declination | + 00 ° 03 ′ 53 ″ |
| Further data | |
| Number of stars |
3 |
| history | |
| discovery |
Sidney Coolidge |
| Date of discovery |
March 31, 1859 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3229 • | |
| Aladin previewer | |
In the NGC catalog, NGC 3229 denotes three apparently close together stars in the constellation Sextant . The catalog entry goes back to an observation by the astronomer Phillip Sidney Coolidge on March 31, 1859.