NGC1508 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC1508 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:30 (EST), 39° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:25, 73° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:56, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC1508
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:04h05m [1]
Declination:+25°24' [1]
Constellation:Taurus
Magnitude:15.22 (B) [1]
10.82 (J) [1]
10.07 (H) [1]
9.80 (K) [1]
Hubble type:E?

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