Herschel 122
NGC 2742

Object Type Galaxy Sc
Constellation Ursa Major
Magnitude 11.4
Size 3.0' x 1.5'


Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.

Number 122 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 2742. This is a rather small but bright spiral galaxy in Ursa Major, tilted at a considerable angle to our line of sight.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 2742.

Moderately large. Very slightly brighter centre.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.