NGC5952 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5952 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:05 (EDT), 22° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:25, 52° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:15, 36° above your south-western horizon.
Name
NGC5952
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
Right ascension: | 15h34m [2] |
Declination: | +04°57' [2] |
Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
Magnitude: | 15.77 (B) [2] 12.53 (J) [2] 11.81 (H) [2] 11.50 (K) [2] |
Hubble type: | E |
Distance: | 152.0 Mpc 495.5 Mlyr [1] |
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V): | -20.14 |