IC2870 (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 , IC2870 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:36 (PDT) – 3 hours and 25 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 29° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:01.

Name IC2870
Object type Galaxy
Other names
IC 2870[1]
UGC 6486[2]
PGC 35377[3]
Position
Right ascension:11h29m [3]
Declination:+11°51' [3]
Constellation:Leo
Magnitude:18.00 (B) [1]
Hubble type:I

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