Herschel 128
NGC 2841

Object Type Galaxy Sb
Constellation Ursa Major
Magnitude 9.3
Size 8.0' x 3.5'


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

Number 128 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 2841, a large and bright spiral galaxy in Ursa Major.

Visual Observation Notes.

Very large and bright with a bright centre. Quite elongated. Bright star just following.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.