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NGC 2253
NGC 2253MCG +11-09-008PGC 19501UGC 3511
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 6h 43m 41.8s
- Declination
- +65° 12' 23"
- Size
- 1.4′ × 1.1′
- Position angle
- 130°
- Magnitude
- 12.9 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 22.38 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- Sc
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
Identification as NGC 2253 is very uncertain. — Corwin excludes the possibility this is a galaxy, however NED and Simbad agree on UGC3511.
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