NGC1240 (Double star)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , NGC1240 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:29 (EST), 24° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:04, 78° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:52, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
NGC1240
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Object type
Double star
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Visibility from Cambridge
All times shown in Cambridge local time.