IC551 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , IC551 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (EDT), 51° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:47, 55° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:14, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name IC551
Object type Galaxy
Other names
IC 551[1]
UGC 5168[2]
PGC 27645[3]
Position
Right ascension:09h41m [3]
Declination:+06°56' [3]
Constellation:Leo
Magnitude:14.56 (B) [1]
11.88 (J) [1]
11.23 (H) [1]
10.86 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sbc

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