NGC4688 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC4688 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:06 (EDT), 47° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:30, 51° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:46, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC4688
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 4688[1]
UGC 7961[2]
PGC 43189[3]
Position
Right ascension:12h47m [3]
Declination:+04°20' [3]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:12.92 (B) [1]
12.33 (J) [1]
11.32 (H) [1]
11.16 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sc

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