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NGC 5457
NGC 5457 — Pinwheel Galaxy NGC 5457
Galaxy
· Ursa MajorBeginner
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Target information
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Right ascension
- 14h 03m 12s
- Declination
- +54° 21′ 00″
- Magnitude
- 7.9
- Angular size
- 29′ × 27′
- Surface brightness
- Not recorded
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best months
- Mar-Jul
- Catalog IDs
- NGC 5457
About this target
Large face-on spiral.