NGC5856 (Double star)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , NGC5856 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:09 (PDT), 58° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:11, 74° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:13, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC5856
Object type Double star
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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