NGC4017 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , NGC4017 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:40 (PDT), 69° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:10, 83° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:33, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC4017
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 305
Other names
NGC 4017[1]
UGC 6967[2]
PGC 37705[3]
Position
Right ascension:11h58m [3]
Declination:+27°27' [3]
Constellation:Coma Berenices
Magnitude:13.04 (B) [1]
11.14 (J) [1]
10.58 (H) [1]
10.45 (K) [1]
Angular dimensions:1.6 arcmin x 1.1 arcmin
Position angle:Major axis 69.0°E of N
Hubble type:Sbc

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