| NGC3521 / Galaxy, type SA:(s:)b II |
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| R.A. | 11h 05m 48.9s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | -00° 02' 15" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 11.0×5.1' |
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| Radial Velocity | +673km/s |
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| Magnitude | 9.8 |
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| Distance | 23.50 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | Leo |
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| Other IDs | UGC6150, MCG0-28-30
CGCG10-74, PGC33550 |
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This image shows you a spiral galaxy of NGC3521 positioned around the southern edge of Leo.
This star field contains no bright guide stars, but you can find it out about 7 degrees southwest from sigma Leo, a tip star of Leo's hind leg.
The galaxy has an elliptical shape with a long axis of about 11 arc minutes and 10th magnitude;
you can detect the galaxy as a dimmed light only with small telescopes.
It's one of easy-to-appreciate galaxies distributed around this field.
Although this picture shows no clear spiral structure, bright nucleus and surrounding dimmed light has been captured.
The distance from us is estimated about 23 millions light years, and the galaxy belongs to a Leo galactic cluster same as M65, M66, etc.
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