NGC8 (Double star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC8 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:38 (EST), 56° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 19:55, 72° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 01:19, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC8
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Object type
Double star
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Position
| Right ascension: | 00h08m [1] |
| Declination: | +23°50' [1] |
| Constellation: | Pegasus |
| Magnitude: | 15.32 (V) [1] 16.65 (B) [1] 12.61 (J) [1] 11.74 (H) [1] 11.63 (K) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 1.33 |
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