UGC 5983 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , UGC 5983 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:13 (PDT), 56° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:58, 87° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:44, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Name UGC 5983
Object type Galaxy
Part of Arp 206
Other names
UGC 5983[1]
PGC 32617[2]
Position
Right ascension:10h52m [2]
Declination:+36°35' [2]
Constellation:Leo Minor
Magnitude:17.00 (B) [1]
Angular dimensions:6.0 arcmin x 1.5 arcmin
Position angle:Major axis 88.0°E of N
Hubble type:DWARF

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