NGC4996 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC4996 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:55 (EDT), 36° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:23, 48° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:25, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC4996
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 13h09m [3] |
| Declination: | +00°51' [3] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 14.29 (B) [1] |
| Hubble type: | S0-a |
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