NGC3539 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC3539 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:14 (EDT), 49° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:22, 76° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:04, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC3539
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 11h09m [2] |
| Declination: | +28°40' [2] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: | 15.22 (B) [2] 11.83 (J) [2] 11.11 (H) [2] 10.76 (K) [2] |
| Hubble type: | S0-a |
| Distance: | 157.0 Mpc 511.8 Mlyr [1] |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -20.76 |