NGC5261 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5261 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:40 (EDT), 26° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:38, 52° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:45, 24° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC5261
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 13h40m [1] |
| Declination: | +05°04' [1] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 15.16 (B) [1] 11.91 (J) [1] 11.22 (H) [1] 10.82 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | Sa |
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