NGC4016 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC4016 will become visible at around 21:24 (EDT), 73° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 04:49.

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Name NGC4016

Object type Galaxy

Part of Arp 305

Other names

NGC 4016^[1]
UGC 6954^[2]
PGC 37687^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	11^h58^m ^[3]
Declination:	+27°31' ^[3]
Constellation:	Coma Berenices
Magnitude:	13.82 (B) ^[1]
Angular dimensions:	0.8 arcmin x 0.5 arcmin
Position angle:	Major axis 155.0°E of N
Hubble type:	Sd

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

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42.38°N
71.11°W
EDT

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