NGC5050 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC5050 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:40 (EDT), 28° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:13, 50° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:23, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC5050
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 5050[1]
UGC 8329[2]
PGC 46138[3]
Position
Right ascension:13h15m [3]
Declination:+02°52' [3]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:14.31 (B) [1]
11.11 (J) [1]
10.39 (H) [1]
10.17 (K) [1]
Hubble type:S0-a

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