IC3078 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , IC3078 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:55 (EDT), 53° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:30, 60° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:16, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
IC3078
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 12h16m [1] |
| Declination: | +12°41' [1] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 15.20 (V) [2] 14.87 (B) [1] 12.58 (J) [1] 11.92 (H) [1] 11.53 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | Sb |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.83 |