NGC3540 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC3540 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:39 (EDT), 71° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:07, 83° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:16, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC3540
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 11h09m [3] |
| Declination: | +36°01' [3] |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Magnitude: | 14.49 (B) [1] 11.16 (J) [1] 10.53 (H) [1] 10.17 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | S0 |
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