NGC283 (Galaxy)
                R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.            
        From South El Monte , NGC283 is visible between 19:36 and 02:28. It will become accessible at around 19:36, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:02, 42° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 02:28 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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                    Name
                    NGC283                 | 
                    Object type
                    Galaxy                 | 
Position
| Right ascension: | 00h53m [2] | 
| Declination: | −13°09' [2] | 
| Constellation: | Cetus | 
| Magnitude: | 15.36 (B) [2] 11.94 (J) [2] 11.14 (H) [2] 11.00 (K) [2] | 
| Hubble type: | Sc | 
| Distance: | 168.5 Mpc 549.3 Mlyr [1] | 
Derived quantities
        | Absolute mag (V): | -20.77 |