The Needle Galaxy (Galaxy)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , Needle Galaxy is visible all night. It will become visible around 20:40 (EDT) as the dusk sky fades, 47° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:57, 75° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:04, 27° above your western horizon.
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Name
Needle Galaxy
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Object Type
Galaxy
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Visibility from Fairfield
All times shown in Fairfield local time.