NGC579 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC579 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 46° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:06, 81° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:05, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC579
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 579[1]
UGC 1089[2]
PGC 5691[3]
Position
Right ascension:01h31m [3]
Declination:+33°36' [3]
Constellation:Triangulum
Magnitude:13.33 (V) [1]
13.92 (B) [1]
11.29 (J) [1]
10.67 (H) [1]
10.35 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sc
B-V Color (mag):0.59

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