NGC4278 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC4278 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:25 (EDT), 40° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:30, 78° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:25, 30° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC4278
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 12h20m [3] |
| Declination: | +29°16' [3] |
| Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
| Magnitude: | 10.21 (V) [1] 11.04 (B) [1] 8.09 (J) [1] 7.42 (H) [1] 7.18 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | E |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.83 |
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