NGC5500 (Galaxy)

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

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From Fairfield , NGC5500 will become visible at around 21:52 (EDT), 70° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at --:--.

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Name NGC5500

Object type Galaxy

Other names

NGC 5500^[1]
Mrk 806^[4]
UGC 9070^[2]
PGC 50588^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	14^h10^m ^[3]
Declination:	+48°32' ^[3]
Constellation:	Bootes
Magnitude:	14.50 (V) ^[4] 14.37 (B) ^[1] 11.45 (J) ^[1] 10.70 (H) ^[1] 10.58 (K) ^[1]
Hubble type:	E

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]	First Byurakan Survey (FBS) (Markarian et al., 1989)

Visibility from Fairfield

All times shown in Fairfield local time.

Fairfield

Latitude:
Longitude:
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41.14°N
73.26°W
EDT

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