NGC4606 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , NGC4606 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 04:12 (PDT) – 2 hours and 57 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 23° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:09.

Name NGC4606
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 4606[2]
UGC 7839[3]
PGC 42516[4]
Position
Right ascension:12h40m [4]
Declination:+11°54' [4]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:11.90 (V) [2]
12.63 (B) [2]
10.00 (J) [2]
9.40 (H) [2]
9.17 (K) [2]
Hubble type:SBa
Distance:14.1 Mpc
46.0 Mlyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.73
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-18.85

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