IC856 (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 , IC856 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:02 (PDT), 72° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:50, 76° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:57, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name IC856
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:13h10m [1]
Declination:+20°32' [1]
Constellation:Coma Berenices
Magnitude:15.19 (B) [1]
12.15 (J) [1]
11.38 (H) [1]
11.03 (K) [1]
Hubble type:SBab

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