IC304 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , IC304 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:23 (EST), 38° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:01, 85° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:17, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name IC304
Object type Galaxy
Other names
IC 304[2]
UGC 2609[3]
PGC 12080[4]
Position
Right ascension:03h15m [4]
Declination:+37°52' [4]
Constellation:Perseus
Magnitude:14.74 (B) [2]
11.37 (J) [2]
10.66 (H) [2]
10.34 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sb
Distance:74.1 Mpc
241.6 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-19.61

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