NGC 3359 (UGC 5873) Galaxy in Ursa Major
Located at: RA 10 hours 46 minutes 37 seconds, Dec +63 degrees 13 minutes 26 seconds
Size: 7.3' x 4.3'; Magnitude: 11.0 blue; Class: SB(rs)c
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -15c & -20c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Red filter, 650 minutes (65 x 10 minute subs) 3/15/16/17/18/2010; seeing 2.0-4.3 FWHM per CCDStack |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.6.1, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: |
From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 3359 NGC 3359 = UGC 05873 = MCG +11-13-037 = CGCG 313-033 = PGC 32183 10 46 36.7 +63 13 28 V = 10.6; Size 7.2x4.4; SB = 14.2; PA = 170d 17.5": fairly bright, large, elongated 3:2 SSW-NNE. A brighter bar is visible through the center along the major axis! Has a large, diffuse halo about 5'x3' which fades into the background. The brighter core has an irregular surface brightness. Two mag 14 stars are 3.4' WNW and 2.8' ESE of center. - by Steve Gottlieb |