IC523 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , IC523 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:56 (PDT), 49° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:17, 65° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:56, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name IC523
Object type Galaxy
Other names
IC 523[1]
UGC 4652[2]
PGC 24948[3]
Position
Right ascension:08h53m [3]
Declination:+09°08' [3]
Constellation:Cancer
Magnitude:14.99 (B) [1]
12.38 (J) [1]
11.66 (H) [1]
11.48 (K) [1]
Angular dimensions:0.9 arcmin x 0.6 arcmin
Position angle:Major axis 95.0°E of N
Hubble type:Sab

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