NGC4540 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC4540 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:45 (EDT), 44° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:37, 64° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:34, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC4540
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 12h34m [3] |
| Declination: | +15°33' [3] |
| Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
| Magnitude: | 12.31 (B) [1] 10.24 (J) [1] 9.55 (H) [1] 9.24 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SABc |
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