NGC2911 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC2911 will become visible at around 21:08 (EDT), 48° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 01:51.

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Name NGC2911

Object type Galaxy

Other names

NGC 2911^[1]
Arp 232^[4]
UGC 5092^[2]
PGC 27159^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	09^h33^m ^[3]
Declination:	+10°09' ^[3]
Constellation:	Leo
Magnitude:	11.50 (V) ^[4] 12.71 (B) ^[1] 9.62 (J) ^[1] 8.97 (H) ^[1] 8.71 (K) ^[1]
Angular dimensions:	3.5 arcmin x 2.1 arcmin
Position angle:	Major axis 135.0°E of N
Hubble type:	S0
B-V Color (mag):	-0.47

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]	Arp's Peculiar Galaxies (Webb 1996)

Visibility from Cambridge

All times shown in Cambridge local time.

Cambridge

Latitude:
Longitude:
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42.38°N
71.11°W
EDT

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