Name: None

Constellation:Leo

Instrument: 8-inch F5 reflector and ASI 2600MC (Gain 100 -20C).

Exposure time: A stack of 16 five-minute and 9 three-minute exposures.

Star Chart from Michael Vlasov's Deep sky hunter star atlas available on line https://www.deepskywatch.com/deep-sky-hunter-atlas.html

 
 

Magnitude: 9.0

Angular size: 11' X 5'

NGC 2903 is another large bright galaxy that was missed by Messier. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Virgo super cluster.

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