NGC4990 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC4990 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:05 (EDT), 36° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:55, 42° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:30, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC4990
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 13h09m [1] |
| Declination: | -05°16' [1] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 14.50 (V) [2] 14.09 (B) [1] 11.28 (J) [1] 10.63 (H) [1] 10.37 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | S0 |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.27 |