Hickson 49 (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 , Hickson 49 is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 05:14, 58° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:38 (EST), 21° above your northern horizon.
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Name
Hickson 49
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Object type
Galaxy cluster
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Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.