UGC 5998 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , UGC 5998 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:29 (EDT), 64° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:20, 26° above your north-western horizon.

Name UGC 5998
Object type Galaxy
Other names
Mrk 156[2]
UGC 5998[1]
Position
Right ascension:10h53m [1]
Declination:+50°18' [1]
Constellation:Ursa Major
Magnitude:14.50 (V) [2]
14.50 (B) [1]
Hubble type:PECULR

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