NGC5980 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC5980 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:23 (EDT), 40° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:41, 63° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:56, 40° above your western horizon.

Name NGC5980
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 5980[1]
UGC 9974[2]
PGC 55800[3]
Position
Right ascension:15h41m [3]
Declination:+15°47' [3]
Constellation:Serpens Caput
Magnitude:13.21 (B) [1]
10.52 (J) [1]
9.74 (H) [1]
9.44 (K) [1]
Hubble type:Sbc

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