NGC5956 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC5956 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:00, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:44, 60° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:25, 53° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC5956
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h34m [3] |
| Declination: | +11°45' [3] |
| Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
| Magnitude: | 13.27 (B) [1] 10.76 (J) [1] 10.09 (H) [1] 9.87 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SBc |
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