NGC4046
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC4046 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:25 (EDT), 26° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:12, 50° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:21, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC4046
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC4045
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Position
| Right ascension: | 12h02m [2] |
| Declination: | +01°58' [2] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Distance: | 31.6 Mpc 103.2 Mlyr [1] |