NGC3690 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC3690 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:26 (EDT), 70° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:53, 24° above your north-western horizon.

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Name NGC3690

Object type Galaxy

Part of Arp 299

Other names

NGC 3690^[1]
UGC 6472^[2]
PGC 35321^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	11^h28^m ^[3]
Declination:	+58°33' ^[3]
Constellation:	Ursa Major
Magnitude:	12.86 (V) ^[1] 11.68 (B) ^[1]
Angular dimensions:	2.4 arcmin x 1.9 arcmin
Position angle:	Major axis 41.0°E of N
Hubble type:	SBm
B-V Color (mag):	0.46

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 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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