NGC2944 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC2944 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:25, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:20, 79° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:29, 79° above your southern horizon.

Name NGC2944
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 63
Other names
NGC 2944[1]
UGC 5144[2]
Position
Right ascension:09h39m [1]
Declination:+32°18' [1]
Constellation:Leo
Magnitude:17.64 (B) [1]
12.78 (J) [1]
12.17 (H) [1]
11.80 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sc

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