NGC 3184
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Type Location r.a. dec. Size Magnitude Distance
Galaxy UMa 10h18.3 +41°25' 6.9' x 6.8' 10 40 Mly

NGC 3184 is a spiral galaxy approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

The "bright" star is Mag 6. Also, NGC 3184 is located only 3' West from Tania Australis, which is a very bright Mag 3 star. This creates some problems with CCD imaging...

NGC 3184

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Date Telescope Binning Exp Time (s) Special processing Notes
Apr 10, 2004 Centurion
18"
L 1:1
RGB 3:1
L 3x300
R,G,B 300
LRGB, Max Entropy, DDP Strong rays from Tania Australis in full frame image.