Herschel 170
NGC 3610

Object Type Galaxy S0
Constellation LUrsa Major
Magnitude 10.8
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 170 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 3610, a bright elliptical galaxy in Ursa Major.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 3610.

Moderate size. Very bright centre surrounded by a faint halo.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.