NGC3050
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC3050 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (EDT), 34° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:49, 38° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:02, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC3050
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC2979
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Position
| Right ascension: | 09h43m [2] |
| Declination: | −10°22' [2] |
| Constellation: | Sextans |
| Distance: | 66.7 Mpc 217.4 Mlyr [1] |