NGC240 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC240 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 36° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:23, 53° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:45, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC240
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 240[1]
UGC 473[2]
PGC 2653[3]
Position
Right ascension:00h45m [3]
Declination:+06°06' [3]
Constellation:Pisces
Magnitude:14.72 (B) [1]
10.94 (J) [1]
10.21 (H) [1]
9.99 (K) [1]
Hubble type:S0-a

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