Herschel 131
NGC 2950

Object Type Galaxy SB0
Constellation Ursa Major
Magnitude 10.9
Size 3.0' x 2.0'


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

Number 131 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 2950.

NGC 2950 is a fairly small and moderately bright spiral galaxy in Ursa Major. The galaxy to the north (above) is the 15.1 magnitude galaxy, PGC 27788.

Visual Observation Notes.

Fairly small with a bright centre surrounded by a faint haze. Slightly elliptical. Line of faint stars visible on the west edge.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.