IC3973 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Los Angeles , IC3973 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:40 (PDT), 56° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:14, 83° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:39, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
IC3973
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 12h59m [2] |
| Declination: | +27°53' [2] |
| Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
| Magnitude: | 14.36 (V) [2] 15.37 (B) [2] 12.19 (J) [2] 11.48 (H) [2] 11.10 (K) [2] |
| Hubble type: | S0 |
| Distance: | 92.5 Mpc 301.5 Mlyr [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.01 |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -20.47 |