UGC 5551 (Galaxy)

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

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From Jacksonville , UGC 5551 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:43 (EDT), 49° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:57, 63° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:24, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name UGC 5551
Object type Galaxy
Other names
UGC 5551[1]
PGC 30042[2]
Position
Right ascension:10h17m [2]
Declination:+04°19' [2]
Constellation:Sextans
Magnitude:17.00 (B) [1]
Hubble type:DWARF

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