NGC5551 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5551 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:08 (EDT), 37° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:57, 53° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:12, 23° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC5551
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 14h18m [1] |
| Declination: | +05°27' [1] |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Magnitude: | 14.88 (B) [1] 11.73 (J) [1] 10.99 (H) [1] 10.74 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | E |
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