About NGC 3351 (M95)

NGC 3351 is a rewarding deep-sky target and presents itself as a diffuse object. It is quite faint.

Current visibility

Right now it is at about 77° altitude and reaches 78° around 10:33 PM.

It stays above 30° for roughly 8 hours.

Galaxies are sensitive to light pollution, subtle features are easily lost in bright skies.

Observing tips

It can be challenging under typical skies.

What to expect

It offers less structure than some of the brightest galaxies.

Type

Spiral Galaxy

Constellation

Leo

Distance

38000000 ly

Size

7.4' x 5.1'

Season

Spring

Difficulty

Hard

Magnitude

9.7