Herschel 30
NGC 720

Object Type Galaxy E5
Constellation Cetus
Magnitude 11.2
Size 4.6' x 2.3'


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

Number 30 in the Herschel 400 list, NGC 720, a moderately large and bright elliptical galaxy in Cetus. There are a number of other faint galaxies in the image, the brightest of which is the 17.9 magnitude PGC 933912, visible just to the left of NGC 720.