NGC2861 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC2861 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:17 (EDT), 46° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:25, 49° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:32, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC2861
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 09h23m [3] |
| Declination: | +02°08' [3] |
| Constellation: | Hydra |
| Magnitude: | 13.06 (V) [1] 13.85 (B) [1] 11.09 (J) [1] 10.40 (H) [1] 10.12 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SBbc |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.79 |
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