NGC317 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , NGC317 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 19:08 (PDT), 37° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:42, 80° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:47, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC317
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 317[2]
UGC 594[3]
PGC 3445[4]
Position
Right ascension:00h57m [4]
Declination:+43°47' [4]
Constellation:Andromeda
Magnitude:13.94 (V) [2]
13.75 (B) [2]
11.93 (J) [2]
11.32 (H) [2]
10.89 (K) [2]
Hubble type:SBbc
Distance:85.9 Mpc
280.0 Mlyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):-0.19
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.73

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