IC3898 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , IC3898 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:40 (PDT), 60° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:06, 86° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:56, 22° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
IC3898
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 12h55m [1] |
| Declination: | +37°34' [1] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 17.23 (B) [1] 14.50 (J) [1] 13.69 (H) [1] 13.17 (K) [1] |
| Angular dimensions: | 0.3 arcmin x 0.2 arcmin |
| Position angle: | Major axis 166.0°E of N |
| Hubble type: | Sc |
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