IC564 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , IC564 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:19 (EDT), 46° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:44, 50° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:54, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name IC564
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 303
Other names
IC 564[2]
UGC 5230[3]
PGC 28033[4]
Position
Right ascension:09h46m [4]
Declination:+03°04' [4]
Constellation:Sextans
Magnitude:14.16 (B) [2]
11.19 (J) [2]
10.45 (H) [2]
10.03 (K) [2]
Hubble type:SABc
Distance:74.5 Mpc
243.0 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.20

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