NGC4774 (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 , NGC4774 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:55 (PDT), 76° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:01, 87° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:48, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC4774
Object type Galaxy
Other names
The Kidney Bean Galaxy
NGC 4774[1]
Position
Right ascension:12h53m [1]
Declination:+36°49' [1]
Constellation:Canes Venatici
Magnitude:14.34 (V) [1]
14.82 (B) [1]
12.48 (J) [1]
11.79 (H) [1]
11.33 (K) [1]
Angular dimensions:0.6 arcmin x 0.3 arcmin
Position angle:Major axis 125.0°E of N
Hubble type:Sc
B-V Color (mag):0.48

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