NGC4779 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC4779 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:20 (EDT), 23° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:51, 57° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:13, 24° above your western horizon.

Name NGC4779
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 4779[1]
Mrk 781[4]
UGC 8022[2]
PGC 43837[3]
Position
Right ascension:12h53m [3]
Declination:+09°42' [3]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:13.50 (V) [4]
13.07 (B) [1]
10.78 (J) [1]
10.15 (H) [1]
9.87 (K) [1]
Hubble type:SBc

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