NGC5566 (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 , NGC5566 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:57 (PDT), 45° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:19, 59° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:43, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC5566
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 286
Other names
NGC 5566[1]
UGC 9175[2]
PGC 51233[3]
Position
Right ascension:14h20m [3]
Declination:+03°56' [3]
Constellation:Virgo
Magnitude:10.51 (V) [1]
11.42 (B) [1]
8.35 (J) [1]
7.64 (H) [1]
7.39 (K) [1]
Hubble type:SBab
B-V Color (mag):0.91

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