NGC5940 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5940 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:24 (EDT), 37° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:27, 55° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:55, 32° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC5940
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h31m [3] |
| Declination: | +07°27' [3] |
| Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
| Magnitude: | 14.30 (V) [4] 14.46 (B) [1] 11.79 (J) [1] 11.15 (H) [1] 10.80 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | Sab |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.44 |
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