NGC : NGC5556

Celestial motion

Date: 2024-05-11

Astronomical night: 22:26 - 04:31 (GMT -5)

	Time	Elevation	Azimuth
Rise	Dusk	19°	165° (South)
Set	03:40	0°	231° (Southwest)
Maximum elevation	23:30	21°	180° (South)

Elevation

Information about NGC5556

General information

NGC5556 is the galaxy at magnitude 12 that is placed in Hydra constellation and has apparent size of 4 angular minutes.
galaxy is available for observations through a 8-inch telescope.

Information for observations

Tonight, 2024-05-11, galaxy NGC5556 will become observable at south as the dusk sky fades, 19° above your horizon, at 22:26. At 03:40 the object will sink below the horizon at southwest. Maximum elevation, 21° above horizon, will be reached at 23:30, when galaxy will be placed at south.

NGC5556 on the sky map


Object type	Galaxy
Alternative names
Constellation	Hydra
Magnitude	12
Apparent size	4'
Right ascension	14^h 20^m 34^s
Declination	-29° 14′ 31″

Catalogues

Messier
New General Catalogue (NGC)	NGC5556
International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
	Object type	Magnitude
NGC5419	Galaxy	10.9
NGC5694	Globular Cluster	10.2