NGC3431 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC3431 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:31 (PST) – 3 hours and 41 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 26° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:11.
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Name
NGC3431
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 10h51m [1] |
| Declination: | −17°00' [1] |
| Constellation: | Crater |
| Magnitude: | 14.53 (B) [1] 11.43 (J) [1] 10.66 (H) [1] 10.31 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SABb |
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