NGC5501 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5501 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:55 (EDT), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:30, 48° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:26, 23° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC5501
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 14h12m [1] |
| Declination: | +01°16' [1] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 15.00 (B) [1] 12.11 (J) [1] 11.48 (H) [1] 10.98 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | S0-a |
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