Object: Galaxy NGC 3521 Constell: LEO RA: 11h 05.8m Decl: -00° 02' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 9.0m (v) Size: 11.1'x5.2' Type: SAB(rs)bc Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 14./15.4.1994, 23.30 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 133x Filter: Field: 22' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 2 Seeing: 2 Weather: 0 °C, no Moon, a bit fog. Brightness: 2 Alt: Description: A bright galaxy. A very bright core (diam 40'') and a very faint stellar nucleus. Averted visions reveals a large but mostly quite faint halo, size about 5'x2.5'. The SW edge seems a bit better defined - maybe a dust band?