NGC866
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
From Fairfield , NGC866 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:35 (EST), 31° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 20:38, 48° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:36, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC866
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Object type
Duplicate catalogue entry for NGC863
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Position
| Right ascension: | 02h14m [2] |
| Declination: | −00°46' [2] |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
| Distance: | 91.2 Mpc 297.1 Mlyr [1] |