IC4559 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , IC4559 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:26 (EDT), 47° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:40, 74° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:10, 44° above your western horizon.

Name IC4559
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:15h35m [2]
Declination:+25°20' [2]
Constellation:Serpens Caput
Magnitude:15.14 (B) [2]
11.86 (J) [2]
11.06 (H) [2]
10.83 (K) [2]
Hubble type:E
Distance:155.0 Mpc
505.3 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.81

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