NGC3090 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC3090 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:00 (PDT) – 3 hours and 59 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 34° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:59.
Name
NGC3090
|
Object type
Galaxy
|
Position
Right ascension: | 10h00m [2] |
Declination: | −02°58' [2] |
Constellation: | Sextans |
Magnitude: | 12.58 (V) [2] 13.61 (B) [2] |
Hubble type: | E |
Distance: | 106.2 Mpc 346.4 Mlyr [1] |
B-V Color (mag): | 1.03 |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -22.55 |