Observe
1Properties
Magnitude
15.0
Angular Size
0.5′ × 0.5′
Position Angle
100°
Galaxy Type
Elliptical (E)
vF, S, R
Querying SIMBAD database...
Position & Identifiers
2How easy to spot?
Sign in
and configure your equipment and default location to see a personalized row.
| Telescope | Bortle 3 | Bortle 4 | Bortle 5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80 mm refractor 80mm refr. | V. hard | V. hard | V. hard |
| 150 mm Newton 150mm Newt. | V. hard+ | V. hard+ | V. hard |
| Celestron C8 (203 mm SCT) C8 203mm | V. hard+ | V. hard+ | V. hard+ |
Easy
Medium
Hard
Very hard
Impossible
Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs
Stretch
on Seestar S50
3Visibility
Set a location in User Settings to see visibility data.
Best season
Mar – May
(peak: Apr)
4
Eyepiece View
5
Best Magnification
Explore
6
Surface Brightness
7
Morphology Decoder
8
Inclination & True Shape
9
Size Comparator
Nearby in the Sky
Other targets within a few degrees — pan your scope a little and keep exploring.
Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.
NGC 4648
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy
mag 13.0
4.7°
Draco
NGC 4589
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy
mag 12.0
5.0°
Draco
NGC 4386
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy
mag 12.0
5.8°
Draco
NGC 4319
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy
mag 12.0
6.0°
Draco
RY Dra
Mira-type variable, range 5.9–8.0
Variable Star
mag 5.90
9.1°
Draco
10 Dra
Cool red giant
Double Star
mag 4.65
9.2°
Draco
Explore Nightbase
Related knowledge, tools, and stories — no observation planning required.
William Parsons
Built the Leviathan of Parsonstown; first to resolve spiral structure of nebulae
Biography
Galaxies and the Interstellar Medium
The Hubble tuning fork, Tully-Fisher distances, metallicity, Wolf-Rayet stars, HII regions, interstellar dust, the 21-cm hydrogen line, and the Sunyaev-Zel'dovich effect — the working toolkit astronomers use to read galaxies and the stuff between their stars.
Article
Ursa Minor
Mythology, bright stars, and deep-sky highlights.
Constellation
