Galaxy · constellation Cet
NGC 493
NGC 493MCG +00-04-099PGC 4979UGC 914
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 1h 22m 09.0s
- Declination
- +0° 56' 43"
- Size
- 3.0′ × 57.0″
- Position angle
- 60°
- Magnitude
- 12.5 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 23.13 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- Sc
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Contains the possible HII region UM 318.
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