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The spiral galaxy NGC 3190 belongs to the group of galaxies called Hickson 44. In the field a high proper motion star is found with binary components moving at about 300 mas/y (milliarcseconds per year). The following faint galaxies were identified in the field: NGC 3185,  NGC 3187,  NGC 3190,  NGC 3193, LEDA 86788 and the galaxy 1016+2158.

Telescope: Vixen VC200L, focal reducer f/6.4, Sphinx SXD
Camera: Canon EOS 40D-a, 400 ISO, Astronomik UV/IR block filter
Exposure: 44 x 30s
Calibration: Dark (100 images), sky flatfield (100 images)
Image Processing: Shift & add with correction of subpixel movement, improved noise reduction
Date of exposure: 09 March 2010, 00:12 h MEZ
Software: ArgusPro SE
Remark: -