NGC5994 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC5994 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:00 (EDT), 25° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:48, 65° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:20, 49° above your south-western horizon.

Name NGC5994
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 72
Position
Right ascension:15h46m [1]
Declination:+17°52' [1]
Constellation:Serpens Caput
Magnitude:15.60 (B) [1]
14.06 (J) [1]
13.71 (H) [1]
13.10 (K) [1]
Hubble type:SBbc

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