NGC5074 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC5074 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:43 (PDT), 58° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:14, 87° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:47, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC5074
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 13h18m [1] |
| Declination: | +31°28' [1] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 14.03 (V) [1] 14.41 (B) [1] 13.09 (J) [1] 12.57 (H) [1] 12.38 (K) [1] |
| Angular dimensions: | 0.8 arcmin x 0.4 arcmin |
| Position angle: | Major axis 145.0°E of N |
| Hubble type: | SABb |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.38 |
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