The Crowbar Galaxy (NGC4656)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , the Crowbar Galaxy is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:06 (EDT), 71° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:26, 79° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:13, 23° above your western horizon.
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Name
The Crowbar Galaxy (NGC4656)
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC4657
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Position
| Right ascension: | 12h43m [3] |
| Declination: | +32°10' [3] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 10.47 (V) [1] 9.82 (B) [1] 11.61 (J) [1] 11.05 (H) [1] 10.91 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SBm |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.65 |
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