Galaxy · constellation Lib
NGC 5978
NGC 5978MCG -02-40-002PGC 55838
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 15h 42m 27.2s
- Declination
- -13° 14' 04"
- Size
- 48.6″ × 44.4″
- Position angle
- 135°
- Magnitude
- 15.6 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.60 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- Sa
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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