NGC2661 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC2661 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:48, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:35, 61° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:36, 58° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC2661
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 2661[1]
UGC 4584[2]
PGC 24632[3]
Position
Right ascension:08h45m [3]
Declination:+12°37' [3]
Constellation:Cancer
Magnitude:13.86 (B) [1]
11.81 (J) [1]
11.15 (H) [1]
10.86 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sc

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