NGC3050
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC3050 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 02:08, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 05:16, 37° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:31, 37° above your southern horizon.
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] |