NGC851 (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC851 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:54 (PDT) – 3 hours and 49 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 31° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:32.
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Name
NGC851
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Object type
Galaxy
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Position
| Right ascension: | 02h11m [3] |
| Declination: | +03°46' [3] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Magnitude: | 14.70 (V) [4] 14.64 (B) [1] 11.87 (J) [1] 11.21 (H) [1] 11.04 (K) [1] |
| Hubble type: | S0-a |
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