NGC5401 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC5401 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:43 (PDT), 51° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:55, 87° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:51, 31° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC5401
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 13h59m [3] |
| Declination: | +36°14' [3] |
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 14.46 (B) [1] 11.18 (J) [1] 10.54 (H) [1] 10.31 (K) [1] |
| Angular dimensions: | 1.5 arcmin x 0.3 arcmin |
| Position angle: | Major axis 81.0°E of N |
| Hubble type: | SABa |
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