IC259 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , IC259 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:23 (EST), 43° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:36, 88° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:04, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
IC259
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 02h49m [1] |
| Declination: | +41°03' [1] |
| Constellation: | Perseus |
| Magnitude: | 15.38 (B) [1] 11.78 (J) [1] 11.11 (H) [1] 10.84 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | S0 |
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