NGC2491 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC2491 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:42 (PDT) – 3 hours and 51 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 34° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:34.
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Name
NGC2491
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 07h58m [1] |
| Declination: | +07°59' [1] |
| Constellation: | Canis Minor |
| Magnitude: | 15.90 (B) [1] 12.86 (J) [1] 12.18 (H) [1] 12.05 (K) [1] |
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