NGC5251 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC5251 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:19 (EDT), 25° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:38, 75° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:14, 43° above your western horizon.

Name NGC5251
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:13h37m [1]
Declination:+27°25' [1]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:14.63 (B) [1]
11.81 (J) [1]
10.96 (H) [1]
10.77 (K) [1]
Hubble type:S0-a

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