IC3356 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , IC3356 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 21:00, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:42, 59° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:49, 28° above your western horizon.

Name IC3356
Object type Galaxy
Other names
IC 3356[2]
UGC 7547[3]
PGC 40761[4]
Position
Right ascension:12h26m [4]
Declination:+11°33' [4]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:15.45 (B) [2]
Hubble type:IB
Distance:17.3 Mpc
56.4 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-15.74

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