IC4553 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , IC4553 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:10 (EDT), 34° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:29, 72° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:27, 49° above your western horizon.

Name IC4553
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 220
Other names
IC 4553[2]
UGC 9913[3]
PGC 55497[4]
Position
Right ascension:15h34m [4]
Declination:+23°30' [4]
Constellation:Serpens Caput
Magnitude:13.19 (V) [2]
13.96 (B) [2]
11.04 (J) [2]
10.31 (H) [2]
9.85 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sm
Distance:341.0 Mpc
1111.7 Mlyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.77
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-24.47

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