NGC4956 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC4956 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:55 (EDT), 61° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:19, 82° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:26, 32° above your western horizon.

Name NGC4956
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 4956[1]
UGC 8177[2]
PGC 45236[3]
Position
Right ascension:13h05m [3]
Declination:+35°10' [3]
Constellation:Canes Venatici
Magnitude:12.38 (V) [1]
13.27 (B) [1]
10.50 (J) [1]
9.82 (H) [1]
9.60 (K) [1]
Hubble type:S0
B-V Color (mag):0.89

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