NGC 2976

Spiral Galaxy NGC 2976

(= H I.285),

type Scp,

in Ursa Major

Right Ascension	09 : 47.3 (h:m)
Declination	+67 : 55 (deg:m)
Distance	12000 (kly)
Visual Brightness	10.85 (mag)
Apparent Dimension	4.9 x 2.5 (arc min)

This picture was taken with an SBIG ST-4 CCD camera on the

16″ telescope of the Univ. of Colorado/Col. Springs. It shows the

galaxy NGC 2976 in Ursa Major, up near the Big Dipper. This galaxy is

about 11 to 13 million light years away, and a member of the

M81 group. The exposure time was 100

seconds and the (full!) moon was out. The image was processed on Amiga

1000 and 3000 computers.

Credit: Chris Wetherill, UCCS

NGC 2976 is a peculiar spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scp.

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Hartmut Frommert

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Christine Kronberg

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Last Modification: 29 Mar 1998, 12:50 MET