NGC5550 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , NGC5550 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:16 (PDT), 68° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:27, 68° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:15, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC5550
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 5550[2]
UGC 9154[3]
PGC 51108[4]
Position
Right ascension:14h18m [4]
Declination:+12°52' [4]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:14.09 (B) [2]
11.26 (J) [2]
10.53 (H) [2]
10.26 (K) [2]
Hubble type:SBb
Distance:121.5 Mpc
396.1 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-21.33

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