NGC2820 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC2820 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 04:35, 27° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:58 (EDT), 24° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC2820
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 2820[1]
UGC 4961[2]
UGCA 159[2]
PGC 26498[3]
Position
Right ascension:09h21m [3]
Declination:+64°15' [3]
Constellation:Ursa Major
Magnitude:15.04 (V) [1]
15.44 (B) [1]
14.48 (J) [1]
13.77 (H) [1]
13.76 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sa
B-V Color (mag):0.40

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