Galaxy · constellation Vir
NGC 5257
NGC 5257MCG +00-35-015PGC 48330UGC 8641
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 13h 39m 52.9s
- Declination
- +0° 50' 24"
- Size
- 1.5′ × 46.2″
- Position angle
- 85°
- Magnitude
- 13.0 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 22.78 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SABb
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
UM 598 is a set of two HII regions within NGC 5257.
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