NGC : NGC5121

Celestial motion

Date: 2024-05-12

Astronomical night: 22:27 - 04:30 (GMT -5)

	Time	Elevation	Azimuth
Rise	Dusk	13°	179° (South)
Set	01:58	0°	220° (Southwest)
Maximum elevation	22:30	14°	180° (South)

Elevation

Information about NGC5121

General information

NGC5121 is the galaxy at magnitude 12 that is placed in Centaurus constellation and has apparent size of 2 angular minutes.
galaxy is available for observations through a 8-inch telescope.

Information for observations

Tonight, 2024-05-12, galaxy NGC5121 will become observable at south as the dusk sky fades, 13° above your horizon, at 22:27. At 01:58 the object will sink below the horizon at southwest. Maximum elevation, 14° above horizon, will be reached at 22:30, when galaxy will be placed at south.

NGC5121 on the sky map


Object type	Galaxy
Alternative names
Constellation	Centaurus
Magnitude	12
Apparent size	2'x1'
Right ascension	13^h 24^m 45.59^s
Declination	-37° 40′ 55.99″

Catalogues

Messier
New General Catalogue (NGC)	NGC5121
International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
	Object type	Magnitude
NGC4930	Galaxy	11.1
NGC5102	Galaxy	9.6
NGC5161	Galaxy	11.2