The Blue Snowball (Galaxy)
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , Blue Snowball is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible at around 19:20, when it rises 21° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:04, 88° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:24, 54° above your western horizon.
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Name
Blue Snowball
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Object Type
Galaxy
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Position
| Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
| Magnitude: | 9.40 (V)[2] 9.98 (B)[1] 7.45 (H)[1] 8.10 (J)[1] 7.25 (K)[1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.34 |
| Hubble type: | IB |
| Right Ascension: | 12h28m [1] |
| Declination: | +44°05' [1] |
| Distance: | 3.7 Mpc 12.0 Mlyr [1] |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | -18.44 |