NGC : NGC4459

Celestial motion
Date: 2024-05-13
Astronomical night: 22:29 - 04:28 (GMT -5)
NGC4459 Celestial motion
TimeElevationAzimuth
RiseDusk61°210° (Southwest)
Set04:180°288° (West)
Maximum elevation

Dusk

61°

210° (Southwest)

Elevation

NGC4459 Celestial motion
Information about NGC4459

General information

NGC4459 is the galaxy at magnitude 10 that is placed in Coma Berenices constellation and has apparent size of 3 angular minutes.
galaxy is available for observations through a 8-inch telescope.

Information for observations

Tonight, 2024-05-13, galaxy NGC4459 will become observable at southwest as the dusk sky fades, 61° above your horizon, at 22:29. At this time, the object will be at its highest elevation. At 04:18 the object will sink below the horizon at west.
 

NGC4459 on the sky map

NGC4459 on the sky map
Object type

Galaxy

Alternative names

Constellation

Coma Berenices

Magnitude

10

Apparent size3'x2'
Right ascension12h 29m 0.026s
Declination13° 58′ 42.89″

Catalogues

Messier

New General Catalogue (NGC)

NGC4459

International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
Object typeMagnitude
H IV 105Double Star2.95
H N 38Double Star5.88
H VI 81Double Star6.19
M98 / NGC4192Galaxy10.1
M99 / NGC4254Galaxy9.9
M100 / NGC4321Galaxy9.4
NGC4450Galaxy10.1
NGC4473Galaxy10.2
M88 / NGC4501Galaxy9.6
M91 / NGC4548Galaxy10.1
NGC4216Galaxy10
M84 / NGC4374Galaxy9.1
M86 / NGC4406Galaxy8.9
NGC4429Galaxy10
NGC4438Galaxy10.2
M87 / NGC4486Galaxy8.6
M89 / NGC4552Galaxy9.8
M90 / NGC4569Galaxy9.5
M58 / NGC4579Galaxy9.7
M59 / NGC4621Galaxy9.6
M60 / NGC4649Galaxy8.8
NGC4762Galaxy10.3