NGC3712 (Galaxy)

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

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From Columbus , NGC3712 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:03 (EDT), 49° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:16, 78° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 05:53, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC3712
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 3712[2]
Arp 203[5]
UGC 6506[3]
PGC 35507[4]
Position
Right ascension:11h31m [4]
Declination:+28°34' [4]
Constellation:Ursa Major
Magnitude:13.90 (V) [5]
15.63 (B) [2]
Hubble type:SBd
Distance:19.0 Mpc
61.9 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-17.49

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