M108

Surfboard Galaxy · NGC 3556

Constellation

Ursa Major

Shape

Spiral

Magnitude

10.1

Size

8.3′

Position

11h 12m, +55.7°

Distance

43.0 ± 8.8 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M108

Further info

NASA: Messier 108

NED: M108

SIMBAD: M108

Wikipedia: Messier 108

Sources

Distance: NED-D (Steer 2020)

Magnitude and size: NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott 1988)

Shape: RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991)

Name: Wikipedia, List of Messier objects

M108, NGC 3556 — Credit: NASA, ESA, and H. Bond (The Pennsylvania State University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)