NGC2801 (Galaxy)

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

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From Paris , NGC2801 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:35 (CEST), 59° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:30, 61° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:46, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC2801
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 2801[1]
UGC 4899[2]
PGC 26183[3]
Position
Right ascension:09h16m [3]
Declination:+19°56' [3]
Constellation:Cancer
Magnitude:15.30 (B) [1]
12.87 (J) [1]
12.26 (H) [1]
11.98 (K) [1]
Angular dimensions:1.0 arcmin x 0.8 arcmin
Position angle:Major axis 51.0°E of N
Hubble type:Sc

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