Markarian 851 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Markarian 851 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:00 (EDT), 22° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:24, 53° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:20, 36° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
Markarian 851
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h22m [1] |
| Declination: | +05°51' [1] |
| Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
| Magnitude: | 15.20 (V) [1] |