Markarian 500 (Galaxy cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , Markarian 500 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:58 (EDT), 27° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:18, 82° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:41, 73° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Markarian 500
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Object type
Galaxy cluster
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h48m [1] |
| Declination: | +48°42' [1] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 16.50 (V) [1] |