NGC2556 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , NGC2556 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:11 (PDT) – 3 hours and 14 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 25° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:24.

Name NGC2556
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:08h19m [2]
Declination:+20°56' [2]
Constellation:Cancer
Magnitude:15.45 (B) [2]
12.16 (J) [2]
11.61 (H) [2]
11.21 (K) [2]
Hubble type:E
Distance:76.4 Mpc
249.1 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-18.97

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