NGC5944 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC5944 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:05, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:32, 54° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:14, 48° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC5944
Object type Galaxy
Part of Hickson 76
Position
Right ascension:15h31m [1]
Declination:+07°18' [1]
Constellation:Serpens Caput
Magnitude:15.87 (B) [1]
12.31 (J) [1]
11.51 (H) [1]
11.26 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sb

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