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NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer

Above the horizon.  Rise: 2:46 | Tran: 10:22 | Set: 17:58
Alt: 4.01°   Az: 65.23°   Direction: East-North-East

NGC 2744 NED01 is a Spiral (?) Galaxy in the Cancer constellation. NGC 2744 NED01 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 2744 NED01 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer star
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DSS2 image of NGC 2744 NED01 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 06m 02s
+18° 21’ 23”
16h 50m 29s
01h 56m 32s

J2000

09h 04m 39s
+18° 27’ 21”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 2744 NED01 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer.

Finder chart NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer.

Morphological Classification

NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer is classified as Spiral (?) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer, Spiral (?).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's NGC 2744 NED01 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Cancer rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 71.6°
Max altitude: 56.9°
Azimuth: 288.4°