NGC5566 (Galaxy)

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

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From South El Monte , NGC5566 will become visible at around 21:18 (PDT), 57° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 02:36.

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Name NGC5566

Object type Galaxy

Part of Arp 286

Other names

NGC 5566^[1]
UGC 9175^[2]
PGC 51233^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	14^h20^m ^[3]
Declination:	+03°56' ^[3]
Constellation:	Virgo
Magnitude:	10.51 (V) ^[1] 11.42 (B) ^[1] 8.35 (J) ^[1] 7.64 (H) ^[1] 7.39 (K) ^[1]
Hubble type:	SBab
B-V Color (mag):	0.91

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.

Visibility from South El Monte

All times shown in South El Monte local time.

South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PDT

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