NGC : NGC4699

Celestial motion

Date: 2024-04-24

Astronomical night: 22:01 - 04:59 (GMT -5)

	Time	Elevation	Azimuth
Rise	Dusk	40°	159° (South)
Set	04:40	0°	260° (West)
Maximum elevation	23:05	43°	180° (South)

Elevation

Information about NGC4699

General information

NGC4699 is the galaxy at magnitude 10 that is placed in Virgo constellation and has apparent size of 3 angular minutes.
Because of low brightness and large angular size, galaxy is available for observations through a 5-inch telescope.

Information for observations

Tonight, 2024-04-24, galaxy NGC4699 will become observable at south as the dusk sky fades, 40° above your horizon, at 22:01. At 04:40 the object will sink below the horizon at west. Maximum elevation, 43° above horizon, will be reached at 23:05, when galaxy will be placed at south.

NGC4699 on the sky map


Object type	Galaxy
Alternative names
Constellation	Virgo
Magnitude	10
Apparent size	3'x2'
Right ascension	12^h 49^m 2.186^s
Declination	-8° 39′ 51.49″

Catalogues

Messier
New General Catalogue (NGC)	NGC4699
International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
	Object type	Magnitude
M104 / NGC4594	Galaxy	8
NGC4697	Galaxy	9.2