| M109 (NGC3992) / Galaxy, type SB(rs)bc I |
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| R.A. | 11h 57m 36.2s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +53° 22' 31" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 7.7×4.7' |
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| Radial Velocity | +1229km/s |
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| Magnitude | 10.6 |
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| Distance | 41 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | Ursa Major N Group |
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| Other IDs | UGC6937, MCG9-20-44,
PGC37617 |
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M109 (NGC3992) is a small galaxy only 40 arc minutes SE of gamma Ursae Majoris with second magnitude that marks one of the cup of Big Dipper.
The galaxy has a size of about 8 arc minutes and a magnitude of only 10.6;
it's one of the most indistinct objects in the Messier's Catalogue. Now, the major catalogue of celestial objects has 110 members.
But M110 (one of satellite galaxies of the Andromeda Galaxy, M31) is unauthorized number; in short, it can be said that M109 is the "genuine" last object in Messier's.
You can detect the galaxy as a normal dimmed light with naked eyes through medium-sized telescopes.
And the bar-like structures stretching from central bright region can be taken in long exposure photographs.
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