NGC5490 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC5490 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:10 (EDT), 46° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:04, 66° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:27, 29° above your western horizon.

Name NGC5490
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 5490[2]
Arp 79[5]
UGC 9058[3]
PGC 50558[4]
Position
Right ascension:14h09m [4]
Declination:+17°32' [4]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:13.90 (V) [5]
15.22 (B) [2]
14.43 (J) [2]
14.13 (H) [2]
13.91 (K) [2]
Hubble type:SBbc
Distance:77.2 Mpc
251.5 Mlyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):1.01
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.54

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