Galaxy · constellation Hya
NGC 2956
NGC 2956ESO 565-034PGC 27531
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 9h 39m 17.0s
- Declination
- -19° 06' 04"
- Size
- 51.6″ × 22.8″
- Position angle
- 58°
- Magnitude
- 15.3 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.17 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SBb
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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