M109

Vacuum Cleaner Galaxy · NGC 3992

Constellation

Ursa Major

Shape

Spiral

Magnitude

9.8

Size

7.6′

Position

11h 58m, +53.4°

Distance

67.9 ± 5.8 million ly

My Sky

Rise, highest and set over your place, for any night: M109

Further info

NASA: Messier 109

NED: M109

SIMBAD: M109

Wikipedia: Messier 109

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

M109, NGC 3992 — Credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Walsh (Texas A&M University); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)