IC588 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , IC588 will become visible at around 21:28 (EDT), 39° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 01:13.

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Name IC588

Object type Galaxy

Other names

IC 588^[1]
UGC 5399^[2]
PGC 29057^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	10^h02^m ^[3]
Declination:	+03°03' ^[3]
Constellation:	Sextans
Magnitude:	14.25 (V) ^[1] 15.08 (B) ^[1] 12.04 (J) ^[1] 11.41 (H) ^[1] 11.06 (K) ^[1]
Hubble type:	Sa
B-V Color (mag):	0.83

Sources

^[1]	OpenNGC (Mattia Verga)

^[2]	"Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies", P. Nilson, 1973.

^[3]	"HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies", G. Paturel et al., 2003.

Visibility from Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

Fairfield

Latitude:
Longitude:
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41.14°N
73.26°W
EDT

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