Herschel 167
NGC 3593

Object Type Galaxy Sa
Constellation Leo
Magnitude 11.0
Size 5.2' x 1.9'


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

Number 167 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 3593, a bright, nearly edge-on spiral galaxy in Leo.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 3593.

Moderately large. Very elongated with a bright centre.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.