NGC5259 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC5259 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:09 (PDT), 82° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:44, 86° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:16, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC5259
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 13h39m [1] |
| Declination: | +30°59' [1] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 15.17 (B) [1] 11.43 (J) [1] 10.67 (H) [1] 10.45 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | E |
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