IC2551 (Galaxy)

Image of IC2551
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , IC2551 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:56 (EDT), 44° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:19, 72° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:46, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name IC2551
Object type Galaxy
Other names
IC 2551[1]
Mrk 717[4]
UGC 5488[2]
PGC 29632[3]
Position
Right ascension:10h10m [3]
Declination:+24°24' [3]
Constellation:Leo
Magnitude:14.60 (V) [4]
14.53 (B) [1]
11.70 (J) [1]
11.08 (H) [1]
10.74 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sa

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