Galaxy · constellation Lep
NGC 1979
NGC 1979ESO 487-024MCG -04-14-004PGC 17452
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 5h 34m 01.1s
- Declination
- -23° 18' 36"
- Size
- 1.9′ × 1.8′
- Position angle
- 145°
- Magnitude
- 12.9 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.04 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- E-S0
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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