IC1242 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , IC1242 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:50, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:05, 51° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:13, 51° above your southern horizon.

Name IC1242
Object type Galaxy
Other names
IC 1242[1]
UGC 10718[2]
PGC 59688[3]
Position
Right ascension:17h08m [3]
Declination:+04°02' [3]
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Magnitude:14.86 (B) [1]
12.44 (J) [1]
11.65 (H) [1]
11.21 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sb

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