Herschel 172
NGC 3619

Object Type Galaxy Sa
Constellation Ursa Major
Magnitude 11.5
Size 3.0' x 2.5'


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

Number 172 in the Herschel 400 list is NGC 3619, a bright S0 galaxy in Ursa Major. At the top of the image is NGC 3613, Number 171 in the Herschel 400 list, while the smaller spiral galaxy to the left (east) is the 13.7 magnitude, NGC 3625.

Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 3619.

Fairly large. Brighter centre surrounded by a rather faint halo. Somewhat fainter than NGC 3613 which is in the same field. NGC 3625 also in field.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.