Galaxy · constellation Lep
NGC 2179
NGC 2179ESO 555-038MCG -04-15-011PGC 18453
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 6h 08m 02.2s
- Declination
- -21° 44' 48"
- Size
- 2.0′ × 1.4′
- Position angle
- 165°
- Magnitude
- 12.3 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 23.39 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- S0-a
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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