Herschel 159
NGC 3412

Object Type Galaxy SO
Constellation Leo
Magnitude 10.4
Size 3.7' x 2.2'


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

Number 159 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 3412, a bright S0 galaxy in Leo.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 3412.

Moderately large and elongated. Bright centre surrounded by a faint haze.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.