IC2487 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , IC2487 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:38 (PDT) – 2 hours and 55 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 22° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:34.

Name IC2487
Object type Galaxy
Other names
IC 2487[2]
UGC 5059[3]
PGC 26966[4]
Position
Right ascension:09h30m [4]
Declination:+20°05' [4]
Constellation:Leo
Magnitude:14.13 (B) [2]
11.13 (J) [2]
10.47 (H) [2]
10.24 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sb
Distance:63.0 Mpc
205.2 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-19.86

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