Galaxy · constellation Vir
NGC 4990
Cocoon Galaxy
NGC 4990MCG -01-34-004PGC 45608
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 13h 09m 17.3s
- Declination
- -5° 16' 22"
- Size
- 54.0″ × 48.6″
- Position angle
- 48°
- Magnitude
- 13.8 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 22.79 mag/arcsec²
- Hubble type
- S0
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Suggested techniques
- LRGB, RGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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