IC2972
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , IC2972 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:01 (EDT), 42° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:09, 44° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:53, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
IC2972
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC3952
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Position
| Right ascension: | 11h53m [2] |
| Declination: | −03°59' [2] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Distance: | 27.0 Mpc 88.0 Mlyr [1] |