NGC5992 (Galaxy)

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R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
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From Cambridge , NGC5992 is visible in both the dusk and dawn skies. In the evening, it will become visible at around 17:27 (EST), 25° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 4 hours and 41 minutes after the Sun at 20:57 (EST). In the morning, it will rise at 01:42 – 4 hours and 59 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 27° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:30.

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Name NGC5992
Object type Galaxy
Other names
NGC 5992[1]
Mrk 489[4]
UGC 10003[2]
PGC 55913[3]
Position
Right ascension:15h44m [3]
Declination:+41°05' [3]
Constellation:Bootes
Magnitude:14.20 (V) [4]
14.52 (B) [1]
12.21 (J) [1]
11.80 (H) [1]
11.30 (K) [1]
Hubble type:SBb
B-V Color (mag):0.55
Visibility from Cambridge

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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