Herschel 299
NGC 5473
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Object Type
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Galaxy S0
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Constellation
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Ursa Major
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Magnitude
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11.4
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Size
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2.2' x 1.7'
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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 5473.
Fairly small. Bright star-like core surrounded by a faint oval halo. Very faint star east of core. Sevaral brighter stars surrounding the galaxy.
18" f/5 newtonian. 16mm nagler eyepiece. 143x.
Sky View observatory. Zenith limiting magnitude 6.7.