Herschel 127
NGC 2811

Object Type Galaxy Sb
Constellation Hydra
Magnitude 11.4
Size 2.5' x 0.9'


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

Number 127 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 2811. This is a fairly small and moderately bright spiral galaxy in Hydra.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 2811.

Fairly small. Moderately faint. Elongated. Brighter centre, faint extensions. Very low to the south.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.