NGC5280 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC5280 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:58 (EDT), 49° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:13, 78° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:41, 35° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC5280
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 13h42m [2] |
| Declination: | +29°52' [2] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 13.63 (V) [2] 14.68 (B) [2] 11.68 (J) [2] 10.77 (H) [2] 10.58 (K) [2] |
| Hubble type: | E |
| Distance: | 124.0 Mpc 404.2 Mlyr [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.05 |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -21.84 |