NGC4948 (Galaxy)
From Cambridge , NGC4948 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 20:50 (EDT), 27° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 23:30, 39° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:50, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
Name
NGC4948
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Object type
Galaxy
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Right ascension: | 13h05m [2] |
Declination: | -08°09' [2] |
Constellation: | Virgo |
Magnitude: | 13.50 (V) [2] 13.99 (B) [2] 12.75 (J) [2] 12.76 (H) [2] 11.94 (K) [2] |
Hubble type: | SBd |
Distance: | 10.5 Mpc 34.2 Mlyr [1] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.49 |
Absolute mag (V): | -16.61 |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.