NGC5258 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC5258 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:18 (EST) – 3 hours and 29 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 24° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:37.

Name NGC5258
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 240
Other names
NGC 5258[2]
UGC 8645[3]
PGC 48338[4]
Position
Right ascension:13h39m [4]
Declination:+00°49' [4]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:13.04 (V) [2]
13.78 (B) [2]
11.02 (J) [2]
10.30 (H) [2]
9.96 (K) [2]
Hubble type:SBb
Distance:108.0 Mpc
352.1 Mlyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.74
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-22.13

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