Galaxy · constellation Hya
NGC 2863
NGC 2863NGC 2869MCG -02-24-018PGC 26609
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 9h 23m 36.6s
- Declination
- -10° 25' 60"
- Size
- 1.4′ × 1.2′
- Position angle
- 170°
- Magnitude
- 13.4 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 22.55 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Hubble type
- Sm
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
GSC 5463-0962 (mag. 15) near edge 22 arcsec northwest of nucleus.
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