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Numerous features in the $B3\Pi (v-0)-X3\Delta$ band system of titanium monoxide. TiO, have been recorded at a line width of MHz(FWHM) using the technique of intermodulatic fluorescence spectroscopy. Gas phase TiO was produced by in a flowing reaction chamber from the microwave discharge of a mixture of argon a trace amount of $O2$, and the vapor of a heated $Ti(C5H5)2Cl2$ sample. An attempt to identify magnetic hyperfine splitting of the features associated with the $\mathrm{<mrow\; data-mjx-texclass="ORD">47</mrow>}TiO$ isopopic form. The identification of the spectral features were complicated by the low natural abundance of $\mathrm{<mrow\; data-mjx-texclass="ORD">47</mrow>}Ti(-8$%) and the presumbale large magnetic hyperfine splitting. A series of predicted spectra were produced using realistic estimates of the spectroscopic parameters for $\mathrm{<mrow\; data-mjx-texclass="ORD">47</mrow>}TiO$ to aid in this identification.