NGC5231 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC5231 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:46 (EDT), 26° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:38, 51° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:51, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC5231
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 13h35m [3] |
| Declination: | +02°59' [3] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 16.15 (V) [1] 14.35 (B) [1] 10.99 (J) [1] 10.31 (H) [1] 10.14 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SBa |
| B-V Color (mag): | -1.80 |
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