NGC5991 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , NGC5991 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:18, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:46, 72° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:14, 64° above your south-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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