Galaxy · constellation Vir
NGC 5079
NGC 5079MCG -02-34-030PGC 46473
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 13h 19m 38.0s
- Declination
- -12° 41' 57"
- Size
- 1.4′ × 53.4″
- Position angle
- 31°
- Magnitude
- 12.6 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 22.15 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- SBbc
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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