NGC859
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , NGC859 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:29 (PDT) – 3 hours and 12 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 23° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 04:29.
Name
NGC859
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC856
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Source