Galaxy · constellation Scl
NGC 491
NGC 491ESO 352-053MCG -06-04-011PGC 4914
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 1h 21m 20.4s
- Declination
- -34° 03' 48"
- Size
- 1.4′ × 59.4″
- Position angle
- 95°
- Magnitude
- 12.6 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 22.38 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SBb
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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