NGC5131 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , NGC5131 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:09 (PDT), 84° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:28, 86° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:00, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC5131
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 5131[2]
UGC 8422[3]
PGC 46819[4]
Position
Right ascension:13h23m [4]
Declination:+30°59' [4]
Constellation:Canes Venatici
Magnitude:14.22 (B) [2]
10.89 (J) [2]
10.34 (H) [2]
9.95 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sa
Distance:96.9 Mpc
315.9 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.71

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