IC506 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , IC506 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:47, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:05, 53° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:38, 47° above your south-western horizon.

Name IC506
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:08h23m [2]
Declination:+04°17' [2]
Constellation:Hydra
Magnitude:14.69 (B) [2]
11.53 (J) [2]
10.87 (H) [2]
10.54 (K) [2]
Hubble type:E
Distance:121.0 Mpc
394.5 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.72

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