Herschel 123
NGC 2768

Object Type Galaxy E5
Constellation Ursa Major
Magnitude 9.9
Size 6.4' x 3.0'


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

Number 123 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 2768. This is a fairly large and bright elliptical galaxy in Ursa Major.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 2768.

Moderately large. Bright centre, fainter outer regions.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.