Galaxy · constellation UMa
NGC 2856
NGC 2856MCG +08-17-093PGC 26648UGC 4997
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 9h 24m 16.0s
- Declination
- +49° 14' 57"
- Size
- 1.2′ × 34.8″
- Position angle
- 132°
- Magnitude
- 13.3 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 22.56 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SBbc
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Called 'Arp 285b' in UGC notes.
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