IC3490 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , IC3490 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:57 (EDT), 51° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:40, 58° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:20, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name IC3490
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:12h33m [2]
Declination:+10°55' [2]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:15.47 (V) [2]
16.02 (B) [2]
13.76 (H) [2]
Hubble type:E
Distance:18.1 Mpc
59.0 Mlyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.55
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-15.82

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