IC766 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , IC766 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:57 (EDT), 31° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:18, 34° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:12, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name IC766
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:12h10m [2]
Declination:−12°39' [2]
Constellation:Corvus
Magnitude:14.88 (B) [2]
11.33 (J) [2]
10.52 (H) [2]
10.29 (K) [2]
Hubble type:S0-a
Distance:46.8 Mpc
152.6 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-18.47

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