NGC260 (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 , NGC260 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 23:17, 83° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:41, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC260
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 260[1]
UGC 497[2]
PGC 2844[3]
Position
Right ascension:00h48m [3]
Declination:+27°41' [3]
Constellation:Andromeda
Magnitude:14.27 (B) [1]
12.51 (J) [1]
12.13 (H) [1]
11.47 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sc

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