NGC5991 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5991 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:55 (EDT), 26° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:02, 72° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:26, 55° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC5991
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 15h45m [1] |
| Declination: | +24°37' [1] |
| Constellation: | Serpens Caput |
| Magnitude: | 14.42 (B) [1] 11.29 (J) [1] 10.62 (H) [1] 10.30 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | E |
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