UGC 7196 IC 4244
Com
☀14.3mag
Ø 2.8' / 12''

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400/500mm - 18" (5/12/07): extremely faint, extremely thin sliver with a slightly brighter core, 1.4'x0.15'. Sometimes only the core was visible but often the needle-thin extensions would pop into view. Located 18' NNE gc NGC 4147. Listed in "Spectroscopic observations of superthin galaxies" in AJ, 250, 79-86 (1981).

900/1200mm - 48" (4/22/17): at 488x; fairly faint, fairly large, extremely thin spike at least 10:1 NNW-SSE. ~1.5'x0.15'. Nearly even suface brightness with a weak brightening in the central region, but no central bulge. A mag 15.5 star is 0.8' SE of center and east of the southern end. Located 18' NNE of globular NGC 4147.