NGC5969 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5969 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:19 (EDT), 25° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:14, 68° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
NGC5969
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h34m [2] |
| Declination: | +56°27' [2] |
| Constellation: | Draco |
| Magnitude: | 15.15 (B) [2] 11.77 (J) [2] 11.20 (H) [2] 10.80 (K) [2] |
| Hubble type: | E |
| Distance: | 131.0 Mpc 427.1 Mlyr [1] |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | -20.44 |