The Ring Tail Galaxies (Galaxy cluster)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , the Ring Tail Galaxies is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:59 (EDT), 26° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:04, 28° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 00:12, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name The Ring Tail Galaxies
Object type Galaxy cluster
Comprised of NGC4038
NGC4039
Position
Right ascension:12h01m [1]
Declination:-18°52' [1]
Constellation:Corvus
Magnitude:11.09 (V) [1]
Source
[1] Manually entered

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