Galaxy · constellation Leo
IC 540
IC 540MCG +01-24-025PGC 26968UGC 5064
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 9h 30m 10.3s
- Declination
- +7° 54' 10"
- Size
- 1.1′ × 16.2″
- Position angle
- 171°
- Magnitude
- 14.7 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 22.81 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- Sab
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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