NGC2786 (Galaxy)

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

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From Columbus , NGC2786 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:03 (EDT), 60° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:55, 62° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:41, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC2786
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 2786[2]
UGC 4861[3]
PGC 26008[4]
Position
Right ascension:09h13m [4]
Declination:+12°26' [4]
Constellation:Cancer
Magnitude:13.86 (B) [2]
11.21 (J) [2]
10.50 (H) [2]
10.26 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sa
Distance:79.0 Mpc
257.7 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.63

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