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Names NGC 2976, UGC 5221, PGC 28120, MCG +11-12-025
Right Ascension (2000.0) 09:47:15.4
Declination +67:54:59
Constellation Ursa Major
Redshift (z) 0.000010 +/- 0.000000
Heliocentric Radial Velocity 3 +/- 0 km/s
Distance (esteem) 4,000,000 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 10/02/2013
Exposure time 12,000 seconds (8 x 1500 exposures) with binning mode 1 x 1 and AO-7
CCD Camera SBIG ST-8XE
Telescope Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 GPS OTA on 10 Micron GM2000 HPS Mount
Focal length 3556 mm
Diameter 355.6 mm
Focal ratio 10
Field of View 13.3 x 8.9 arcminute
Original scale 0.522 arcsecond / pixel

Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images
POSS I/E DSS1 Red
POSS I/O DSS2 Blue
POSS II/F DSS2 Red
POSS II/J DSS2 Blue
POSS II Color
Sloan Digital Sky Survey images
SDSS image
The faint galaxy near NGC 2976 is PGC 213630, it's a QSO candidate with a recessional velocity of 3,884 km/s and z = 0.012955
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