UGC 5501 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , UGC 5501 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:19 (EDT), 45° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:09, 52° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:27, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name UGC 5501
Object type Galaxy
Other names
Mrk 718[3]
UGC 5501[1]
PGC 29714[2]
Position
Right ascension:10h12m [2]
Declination:+04°55' [2]
Constellation:Sextans
Magnitude:14.50 (V) [3]
14.50 (B) [1]

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