Galaxy · constellation UMa
IC 2981
IC 2981MCG +05-28-048PGC 37462
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 11h 55m 42.6s
- Declination
- +32° 11' 20"
- Size
- 31.8″ × 25.2″
- Position angle
- 3°
- Magnitude
- 14.9 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 22.44 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SBa
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Often mistakenly called NGC 3966.
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