NGC 5866 · Galaxy · Draco

Spindle Galaxy

Also known as PGC 53933 · UGC 9723

Shot with William Optics RedCat 51 ×1

• Messier 102→
• Herschel 400→

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Draco

Position (J2000)

15h 06m 29s · +55° 45′ 48″

Discovered

by Pierre Méchain in 1781

Pictures

1

Magnitude

9.89

visual

Size

6.3′ × 2.7′

Distance

~48,000,000 ly

Best months

Apr–Jun

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.