Herschel 44
NGC 1084

Object Type Galaxy Sc
Constellation Eridanus
Magnitude 11.6
Size 3.1' 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.

NGC 1084, number 44 in the Herschel 400 list, is a moderately bright spiral galaxy in Eridanus. Several faint background galaxies are also visible in the image, the brightest of which is the 16.6 magnitude PGC 1015643, visible just below NGC 1084.