NGC : NGC3311

Celestial motion

Date: 2024-05-20

Astronomical night: 22:39 - 04:19 (GMT -5)

	Time	Elevation	Azimuth
Rise	Dusk	7°	226° (Southwest)
Set	23:32	0°	235° (Southwest)
Maximum elevation	Dusk	8°	226° (Southwest)

Elevation

Information about NGC3311

General information

NGC3311 is the galaxy at magnitude 12 that is placed in Hydra constellation and has apparent size of 3 angular minutes.
galaxy is available for observations through a 8-inch telescope.

Information for observations

Tonight, 2024-05-20, galaxy NGC3311 will become observable at southwest as the dusk sky fades, 7° above your horizon, at 22:39. At this time, the object will be at its highest elevation. At 23:32 the object will sink below the horizon at southwest.

NGC3311 on the sky map


Object type	Galaxy
Alternative names
Constellation	Hydra
Magnitude	12
Apparent size	3'x3'
Right ascension	10^h 36^m 42.821^s
Declination	-27° 31′ 42.02″

Catalogues

Messier
New General Catalogue (NGC)	NGC3311
International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
	Object type	Magnitude
NGC3103	Galaxy	11.1
NGC3137	Galaxy	11.5
NGC3175	Galaxy	11.2
NGC3109	Galaxy	9.9
NGC3313	Galaxy	11.4