NGC5990 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5990 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:38, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:47, 50° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:14, 45° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
NGC5990
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h46m [3] |
| Declination: | +02°24' [3] |
| Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
| Magnitude: | 13.30 (V) [1] 13.01 (B) [1] 10.09 (J) [1] 9.34 (H) [1] 8.95 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | SABa |
| B-V Color (mag): | -0.29 |
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