Type | Galaxy |
---|---|
Magnitude | 11 |
Size | 5.9' x 3.1' @ 178° |
Right Ascension | 11h 26' 8.6" (2000) |
Declination | 43° 35' 9" N |
Constellation | Ursa Major |
Description | vB, cL, vmE 0° ±, vsmbMN, many st p |
Classification | Sb II |
Andrew Cooper
Mar 2, 2011 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%
Good sized, modest core, 4'x1' north-south, nice galaxy!
Andrew Cooper
Apr 29, 2006 TIMPA, Avra Valley, AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet
Good sized, bright stellar nucleus, elongated 3:1 N-S, no detail noted in halo, 13th mag. star on SW margin of halo
Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885 Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)
Large, elongated; star-dust p.― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
56 Ursae Majoris | 58 Ursae Majoris |
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