IC539 (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 , IC539 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:38 (PDT) – 3 hours and 7 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 24° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:46.

Name IC539
Object type Galaxy
Other names
IC 539[2]
UGC 5054[3]
PGC 26909[4]
Position
Right ascension:09h29m [4]
Declination:−02°32' [4]
Constellation:Hydra
Magnitude:14.31 (B) [2]
11.62 (J) [2]
10.96 (H) [2]
10.70 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sc
Distance:104.5 Mpc
340.7 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.79

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