NGC5897 Observation Details
NGC5897 Daily Motion
NGC5897 rise at 18:14, and will be at 28° when twilight starts at 22:18. It will reach its transit at 29° at 22:59, and will set at 03:43, before twighlight ends at 04:48.NGC5897 will be visible until January, 1, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
NGC5897 Visibility Timetable on June 19
NGC5897 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC5897 rise | 18:14 | |
| Sunset | 21:02 | 23° |
| Civil sunset | 21:36 | 26° |
| NGC5897 transit | 22:59 | 29° |
| Astrosession begin | 23:06 | 29° |
| Moon Rise, 45.2% illuminated | 01:45 | 18° |
| NGC5897 set | 03:43 | |
| Astrosession end | 03:59 | -3° |
| Moon Set | 14:38 | -39° |
Track NGC5897 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC5897 Image Gallery
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DSS Composite image
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for NGC5897
| Object name | NGC5897 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC5897 coordinates | 15.29011, -21.01011 |
| Center coordinates | 15.29011, -21.01011 |
NGC5897 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC5897
| Time | 17:12 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| NGC5897 elevation | -11° |
| NGC5897 Azimuth | -108° |
Annual motion of NGC5897
| Date | Thu, 19 June 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 23:02 |
| Twighlight end | 03:54 |
| Twighlight duration | 5h 52m |
| Rise | 18:10 |
| Set | 03:39 |
| Elevation at transit | 29° |
| Transit time | 22:55 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 15h 17m 24s", Dec: -21° 00' 36s |
| Magnitude | 9 |
| Constellation | Libra |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the NGC5897 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
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