IC1170 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , IC1170 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:06 (EDT), 26° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:50, 65° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:13, 50° above your south-western horizon.

Name IC1170
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:16h04m [1]
Declination:+17°43' [1]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:17.41 (B) [1]
12.79 (J) [1]
12.15 (H) [1]
12.03 (K) [1]
Hubble type:E-S0

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