Herschel 125
NGC 2782

Object Type Galaxy Sb
Constellation Lynx
Magnitude 11.4
Size 3.7' x 2.4'


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

Number 125 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 2782. This is a rather small but bright spiral galaxy in Lynx.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 2782.

Fairly small. Moderately bright centre, faint outer regions. Circular.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.