NGC5487 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5487 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:02 (EDT), 37° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:07, 55° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:18, 25° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC5487
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 14h09m [1] |
| Declination: | +08°04' [1] |
| Constellation: | Bootes |
| Magnitude: | 14.61 (B) [1] 11.69 (J) [1] 11.00 (H) [1] 10.67 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SABb |
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