NGC4670 (Galaxy)

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

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From Cambridge , NGC4670 will become visible at around 21:50 (EDT), 61° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 03:48.

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Name NGC4670

Object type Galaxy

Part of Markarian 656

Other names

NGC 4670^[1]
Arp 163^[4]
UGC 7930^[2]
PGC 42987^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	12^h45^m ^[3]
Declination:	+27°07' ^[3]
Constellation:	Coma Berenices
Magnitude:	12.70 (V) ^[4] 13.15 (B) ^[1] 11.31 (J) ^[1] 10.74 (H) ^[1] 10.41 (K) ^[1]
Angular dimensions:	1.0 arcmin x 0.8 arcmin
Position angle:	Major axis 90.0°E of N
Hubble type:	SBa
B-V Color (mag):	0.39

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

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Cambridge

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42.38°N
71.11°W
EDT

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