NGC4942 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Los Angeles , NGC4942 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:43 (PDT), 36° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:06, 48° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:54, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
Name
NGC4942
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
Right ascension: | 13h04m [2] |
Declination: | -07°38' [2] |
Constellation: | Virgo |
Magnitude: | 13.79 (B) [2] 11.66 (J) [2] 10.97 (H) [2] 10.45 (K) [2] |
Hubble type: | SABc |
Distance: | 29.4 Mpc 95.8 Mlyr [1] |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -18.55 |