IC892 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , IC892 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:09 (EDT), 37° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:06, 44° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:52, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name IC892
Object type Galaxy
Other names
IC 892[2]
UGC 8512[3]
PGC 47564[4]
Position
Right ascension:13h31m [4]
Declination:-02°42' [4]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:14.29 (B) [2]
10.87 (J) [2]
10.21 (H) [2]
9.99 (K) [2]
Hubble type:S0
Distance:96.1 Mpc
313.3 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.62

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