Wild's Triplet (Arp 248)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Wild's Triplet is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (EDT), 24° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:52, 45° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:37, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Wild's Triplet (Arp 248)
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Object type
Galaxy cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 11h46m [1] |
| Declination: | −03°50' [1] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 14.10 (V) [1] |
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