IC2428 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , IC2428 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:03 (EDT), 59° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:24, 79° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:10, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
IC2428
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 09h03m [2] |
| Declination: | +30°35' [2] |
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: | 14.60 (B) [2] 11.73 (J) [2] 11.08 (H) [2] 10.76 (K) [2] |
| Hubble type: | Sc |
| Distance: | 69.5 Mpc 226.6 Mlyr [1] |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -19.61 |