De Vaucouleurs Atlas Type: SB(s)b
Filter: B
Telescope: Perkins 1.8-m
North up , East left
Field Dimensions: 5.1 x 3.8 arcminutes
RC3 Type: SB(s)b
RSA Type: ----
Surface Brightness Range Displayed: 19.0-26.0 mag per square arcsec
Absolute Blue Magnitude: -19.9
Elmegreen Spiral Arm Class: AC 9
De Vaucouleurs Atlas Description:
This is a very good example of the type, and is especially important for its lack of an inner ring . Although the seeing in the Atlas image is poor, there are clear leading dust lanes in the bar and a possible nuclear ring.