NGC5942 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC5942 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:22 (PST) – 3 hours and 26 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 28° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:43.
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Name
NGC5942
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h31m [1] |
| Declination: | +07°18' [1] |
| Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
| Magnitude: | 15.27 (B) [1] 11.97 (J) [1] 11.33 (H) [1] 11.02 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | E |
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