Hickson 79 (Galaxy cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Hickson 79 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:00 (EDT), 25° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:01, 68° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:20, 53° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Hickson 79
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Object type
Galaxy cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h59m [1] |
| Declination: | +20°45' [1] |
| Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
| Magnitude: | 11.30 (R) [1] |