NGC5947 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC5947 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:33 (EDT), 60° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:14, 88° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:04, 47° above your western horizon.

Name NGC5947
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 5947[1]
UGC 9877[2]
PGC 55274[3]
Position
Right ascension:15h30m [3]
Declination:+42°43' [3]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:14.58 (B) [1]
11.89 (J) [1]
11.13 (H) [1]
10.83 (K) [1]
Hubble type:SBbc

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