Messier 51B (NGC5195)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , Messier 51B is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:17 (EDT), 36° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:35, 85° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:16, 51° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
Messier 51B (NGC5195)
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 13h29m [3] |
| Declination: | +47°16' [3] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 9.58 (V) [1] 10.50 (B) [1] 7.21 (J) [1] 6.46 (H) [1] 6.25 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SBa |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.92 |
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