NGC531 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC531 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:26 (EST), 48° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:56, 82° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:00, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC531
Object type Galaxy
Part of Hickson 10
Other names
NGC 531[1]
UGC 1012[2]
PGC 5340[3]
Position
Right ascension:01h26m [3]
Declination:+34°45' [3]
Constellation:Andromeda
Magnitude:14.87 (B) [1]
11.49 (J) [1]
10.70 (H) [1]
10.51 (K) [1]
Hubble type:S0-a

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