NGC1240 (Double star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC1240 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:35 (EST), 29° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:36, 79° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:21, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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NGC1240
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Object type
Double star
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