Markarian 501 (Galaxy cluster)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , Markarian 501 is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible around 17:24 (EST), 27° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 53 minutes after the Sun at 21:04 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 02:16 – 4 hours and 39 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 25° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks around 05:43.
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Name
Markarian 501
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Object type
Galaxy cluster
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Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.