NGC653 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC653 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:27 (EST), 45° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:20, 83° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:27, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name NGC653
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 653[2]
UGC 1193[3]
PGC 6290[4]
Position
Right ascension:01h42m [4]
Declination:+35°38' [4]
Constellation:Andromeda
Magnitude:14.06 (B) [2]
11.06 (J) [2]
10.33 (H) [2]
10.00 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sab
Distance:96.0 Mpc
313.0 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.85

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