Galaxy · constellation UMa
NGC 2959
NGC 2959MCG +12-09-062PGC 27939UGC 5202
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 9h 45m 09.0s
- Declination
- +68° 35' 40"
- Size
- 1.4′ × 1.2′
- Position angle
- 113°
- Magnitude
- 12.7 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 23.00 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- Sab
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
MCG implies the R.A. is 08h41.1m; corrected in MCG errata.
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