Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3810
NGC 3810, Gary Imm
NGC 3810, Gary Imm

NGC 3810

NGC 3810, Gary Imm
NGC 3810, Gary Imm

NGC 3810

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This seldom imaged spiral galaxy is located 50 million light years away in the constellation of Leo at a declination of +11 degrees.  It is a magnitude 11 galaxy which spans 4 arc-minutes in our apparent view.  This corresponds to a diameter of 60,000 light years.

From our view perspective, the disk is inclined about halfway between face-on and edge-on.  The galaxy arms are fascinating to me, starting from a flocculent inner region and spiraling out to a faint outer disk.  I can’t decide on how many arms I am seeing here – 4, 5 or 6. 

Like a few others that I have recently posted, this galaxy appears to be a bit of a hybrid, with characteristics of both a spiral and a flocculent galaxy.  Note the rough hexagon shapes of both the faint outer disk and brighter inner region.

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