Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3521
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NGC3521 in Leo (2015), Jean-Pierre Lees
NGC3521 in Leo (2015)
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NGC3521 in Leo (2015)

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NGC3521 in Leo (2015), Jean-Pierre Lees
NGC3521 in Leo (2015)
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NGC3521 in Leo (2015)

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One of Herschel early discoveries, on 22 February 1784, this is a classical highly inclined spiral galaxy showing a bright, elongated center and a complex multi arm spiral with many dust patches and lanes.
Distance: 30 Mly.
Diameter: 95000 ly.
Angular diameter: 11.0'x5.1'

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