Galaxies

Object reference	Size	Shape	Visual Scale	Telescope used
NGC 6217	small	circular	1	Meade 16 inch
NGC 6324	very small	oval	1	Meade 16 inch
NGC 6048	very small	circular	<0.5	Skywatcher 10 inch
NGC 6251	very small	circular	<0.5	Skywatcher 10 inch
NGC 5939	very small	oval	<0.5	Meade 16 inch
NGC 3172	very small	circular	<0.5	Darkstar 14 inch

This table is sorted by visual scale and then size.

Other notes

Visible all year around.

Ursa Minor has galactic co-ordinates of approximately 110, 30.

So when you look at this constellation you are looking above the galactic plane above the Orion arm of our spiral galaxy.

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