NGC1691 (Galaxy)

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

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From Columbus , NGC1691 will become visible at around 21:00 (EDT), 33° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 00:02.

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Name NGC1691

Object type Galaxy

Other names

NGC 1691^[1]
Mrk 1088^[4]
UGC 3201^[2]
PGC 16300^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	04^h54^m ^[3]
Declination:	+03°16' ^[3]
Constellation:	Orion
Magnitude:	13.20 (V) ^[4] 13.12 (B) ^[1] 10.26 (J) ^[1] 9.54 (H) ^[1] 9.20 (K) ^[1]
Hubble type:	S0-a

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.

^[4]	First Byurakan Survey (FBS) (Markarian et al., 1989)

Visibility from Columbus

All times shown in Columbus local time.

Columbus

Latitude:
Longitude:
Timezone:

39.96°N
83.00°W
EDT

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