IC261
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , IC261 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:31, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:51, 41° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:46, 26° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
IC261
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC1120
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Position
| Right ascension: | 02h49m [2] |
| Declination: | −14°28' [2] |
| Constellation: | Eridanus |
| Distance: | 131.0 Mpc 427.1 Mlyr [1] |