NGC3487 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC3487 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:16 (PDT), 51° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:50, 73° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:50, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
|
Name
NGC3487
|
Object type
Galaxy
|
Position
| Right ascension: | 11h00m [3] |
| Declination: | +17°35' [3] |
| Constellation: | Leo |
| Magnitude: | 14.60 (B) [1] 11.69 (J) [1] 10.93 (H) [1] 10.52 (K) [1] |
| Angular dimensions: | 0.9 arcmin x 0.4 arcmin |
| Position angle: | Major axis 152.0°E of N |
| Hubble type: | Sab |
Sources