Type | Galaxy |
---|---|
Magnitude | 10.1 |
Size | 8.7' x 2.2' @ 82° |
Right Ascension | 11h 11' 31.0" (2000) |
Declination | 55° 40' 27" N |
Constellation | Ursa Major |
Description | cB, vL, vmE 79°, pbM, r |
Classification | SBc |
Andrew Cooper
Apr 19, 2012 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 7 Moon: 0%
Large, bright, elongated 7'x3' east-west, a star just beside the center, not much structure to note
Andrew Cooper
Mar 2, 2011 Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
46cm f/4.5 Newtonian, Deep Violet @ 175x
Seeing: 6 Transparency: 6 Moon: 0%
Large, bright, a 7'x2' east-west bar, a 13th magnitude star near the core
Andrew Cooper
Apr 29, 2006 TIMPA, Avra Valley, AZ (map)
46cm f/4.5 Deep Violet
Large! dim, no obvious core, large halo elongated 6:1 E-W, a 10th mag. star just east of center, some mottling visible, much like a dimmer version of M82
Andrew Cooper
Jun 12, 1999 Pinal Peak, AZ (map)
20cm f/10 SCT
Elongated east-west with a nearly stellar concentration near the center
Rev. T.W. Webb
May 19, 1885 Hardwick, Herefordshire, England (map)
Large, faint, well defined, elongated, rather curved: small star in centre. 1° sf β. L.P., probably spiral.― Celestial Objects for Common Telescopes, T. W. Webb, 1917
William Herschel
Apr 17, 1789 Observatory House, Slough (map)
Very bright. Much extended. Resolvable [mottled]. 10' long, 2' broad. There is an unconnected pretty bright star in the middle.
William Herschel
Apr 17, 1789 Observatory House, Slough (map)
Very bright. Much extended. Resolvable [mottled, not resolved]. 10' long, 2' broad. There is an unconnected pretty bright star in the middle.― SEDS website
HCG 50 | Markarian 38 | Messier 97 |
NGC 3517 | NGC 3530 | |
PGC 34213 |
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