NGC5560 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC5560 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:24 (EDT), 44° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:12, 51° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:26, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC5560
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 286
Other names
NGC 5560[1]
UGC 9172[2]
PGC 51223[3]
Position
Right ascension:14h20m [3]
Declination:+03°59' [3]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:12.35 (V) [1]
13.18 (B) [1]
10.45 (J) [1]
9.69 (H) [1]
9.47 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sb
B-V Color (mag):0.83

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