NGC5228 (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 , NGC5228 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:45 (PDT) – 3 hours and 24 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 23° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:09.

Name NGC5228
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 5228[2]
UGC 8556[3]
PGC 47837[4]
Position
Right ascension:13h34m [4]
Declination:+34°46' [4]
Constellation:Canes Venatici
Magnitude:14.30 (B) [2]
10.93 (J) [2]
10.23 (H) [2]
10.01 (K) [2]
Hubble type:E-S0
Distance:132.0 Mpc
430.3 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-21.30

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