NGC5928 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC5928 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:21, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:26, 65° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:14, 56° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC5928
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 5928[2]
UGC 9847[3]
PGC 55072[4]
Position
Right ascension:15h26m [4]
Declination:+18°04' [4]
Constellation:Serpens Caput
Magnitude:13.68 (B) [2]
10.47 (J) [2]
9.77 (H) [2]
9.53 (K) [2]
Hubble type:S0
Distance:62.3 Mpc
203.1 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.29

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