NGC5559 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC5559 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:08 (EDT), 50° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:57, 72° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:12, 36° above your western horizon.

Name NGC5559
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 5559[1]
UGC 9166[2]
PGC 51155[3]
Position
Right ascension:14h19m [3]
Declination:+24°47' [3]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:14.81 (B) [1]
11.35 (J) [1]
10.62 (H) [1]
10.27 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sb

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