NGC4303
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC4303 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:26 (PDT), 38° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:28, 60° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:54, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC4303
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for M61
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Position
| Right ascension: | 12h21m [3] |
| Declination: | +04°28' [3] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 10.25 (V) [1] 10.16 (B) [1] 7.73 (J) [1] 7.09 (H) [1] 6.84 (K) [1] |
| Angular dimensions: | 6.9 arcmin x 6.6 arcmin |
| Position angle: | Major axis 20.0°E of N |
| Hubble type: | Sbc |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.09 |
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