General information
NGC224 is the galaxy at magnitude 3 that is placed in Andromeda constellation and has apparent size of 45 angular minutes.
Having high brightness and large apparent size, galaxy is available for observations through a pair of binoculars or small telescope.
Information for observations
2023-09-25 galaxy NGC224 will be visible all night. At 20:34 the object will be placed at northeast, 45° above your horizon, and will be observable until around 05:33 when fade from view as dawn breaks northwest. Maximum elevation, 88° above horizon, will be reached at 00:29, when galaxy will be placed at north.
Andromeda Galaxy (Messier M31) on the sky map
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Object type | Galaxy |
Alternative names | Andromeda Galaxy |
Constellation | Andromeda |
Magnitude | 3 |
Apparent size | 45'x25' |
Right ascension | 0h 42m 44.33s |
Declination | 41° 16′ 7.5″ |
Catalogues
Messier | M31 |
New General Catalogue (NGC) | NGC224 |
International Catalogue (IC) |
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