NGC5856 (Double star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5856 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:01, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:08, 66° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:14, 54° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC5856
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Object type
Double star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h07m [1] |
| Declination: | +18°26' [1] |
| Constellation: | Bootes |
| Magnitude: | 6.03 (V) [1] 6.10 (B) [1] 5.87 (J) [1] 5.89 (H) [1] 5.87 (K) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.07 |
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