Galaxy · constellation Vir
IC 3259
IC 3259MCG +01-32-040PGC 40273UGC 7469
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 12h 23m 48.5s
- Declination
- +7° 11' 13"
- Size
- 1.6′ × 49.8″
- Position angle
- 18°
- Magnitude
- 13.5 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 23.45 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SABd
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
CGCG misprints R.A. as 12h21.2m; corrected in CGCG errata in vol III.
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