NGC7253 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC7253 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:37 (EST), 77° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:02, 78° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:44, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC7253
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 278
Other names
NGC 7253[2]
UGC 11985[3]
PGC 68573[4]
Position
Right ascension:22h19m [4]
Declination:+29°23' [4]
Constellation:Pegasus
Magnitude:13.95 (B) [2]
10.95 (J) [2]
10.12 (H) [2]
9.86 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sc
Distance:65.8 Mpc
214.3 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.14

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