NGC5279 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC5279 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:19 (EDT), 38° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:14, 53° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC5279
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 239
Other names
NGC 5279[1]
UGC 8678[2]
PGC 48482[3]
Position
Right ascension:13h41m [3]
Declination:+55°40' [3]
Constellation:Ursa Major
Magnitude:13.60 (B) [1]
12.35 (J) [1]
11.70 (H) [1]
11.41 (K) [1]
Hubble type:SBa

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