Markarian 872 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Markarian 872 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:58 (PDT), 33° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:09, 75° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:36, 42° above your western horizon.
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Name
Markarian 872
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 16h08m [1] |
| Declination: | +19°49' [1] |
| Constellation: | Hercules |
| Magnitude: | 15.50 (V) [1] |
| Angular dimensions: | 0.2 arcmin |