Galaxy · constellation UMi
NGC 3172
Polarissima Borealis
NGC 3172MCG +15-01-011PGC 36847
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 11h 47m 14.0s
- Declination
- +89° 05' 35"
- Size
- 1.1′ × 1.0′
- Position angle
- 85°
- Magnitude
- 15.0 (B)
- Surface brightness
- 23.90 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- S0
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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