NGC258 (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 , NGC258 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:04 (PDT), 36° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:16, 83° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:40, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC258
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:00h48m [1]
Declination:+27°39' [1]
Constellation:Andromeda
Magnitude:15.23 (B) [1]
12.74 (J) [1]
12.12 (H) [1]
11.93 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sbc

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