Herschel 162
NGC 3486

Object Type Galaxy SBc
Constellation Leo Minor
Magnitude 10.5
Size 7.0' x 5.0'


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

NGC 3486, number 162 in the Herschel list, is a beautiful face-on spiral galaxy in Leo Minor. The spiral arms are very open and show well in images.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 3486.

Very bright and fairly large. Bright centre, very faint surrounding haze. Slightly elliptical.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.