The Cocoon Galaxy (NGC4490)

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

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From Fairfield , the Cocoon Galaxy is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:07 (EDT), 74° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:29, 89° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:30, 26° above your north-western horizon.

Name The Cocoon Galaxy (NGC4490)
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 269
Other names
The Cocoon Galaxy
NGC 4490[1]
UGC 7651[2]
PGC 41333[3]
Position
Right ascension:12h30m [3]
Declination:+41°38' [3]
Constellation:Canes Venatici
Magnitude:9.72 (V) [1]
9.76 (B) [1]
8.21 (J) [1]
7.64 (H) [1]
7.35 (K) [1]
Hubble type:SBcd
B-V Color (mag):0.04

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