Herschel 226
NGC 4281
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Object Type
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Galaxy Sa
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Constellation
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Virgo
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Magnitude
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11.4
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Size
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3.0' x 1.6'
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Combination of 5, 3 minute images unfiltered.
SBIG STL-1001E CCD. 20" f/6.8 Dall-Kirkham cassegrain telescope at prime focus.
Visual Observation Notes:- NGC 4281.
Moderately large. Elongated. Moderately brighter centre. Faint outer haze. Four other galaxies visible in field. NGC 4268 (magnitude 13.7), NGC 4270 (magnitude 12.1), NGC 4273 (magnitude 12.7), NGC 4282 (magnitude 14.1).
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.