We use cookies to deliver essential features and to measure their performance. Learn more.
Help us keep TheSkyLive 100% free & ads-free, donate now!
Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:12 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:16
sunny   (Daytime)  
What's Visible Now • Tonight Timeline
Search  close
All Constellations »  Virgo »  Deep Sky Objects » 

NGC 4554 - Double Star in Virgo

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:52 | Tran: 2:51 | Set: 9:46
Alt: 12.82°   Az: 271.83°   Direction: West

NGC 4554 is a Double Star in the Virgo constellation. NGC 4554 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 4554 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 4554 - Double Star in Virgo star
/>
DSS2 image of NGC 4554 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 37m 16s
+11° 07’ 38”
05h 33m 22s
18h 10m 38s

J2000

12h 35m 59s
+11° 15’ 55”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 4554 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for NGC 4554 - Double Star in Virgo.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for NGC 4554 - Double Star in Virgo.

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 4554 - Double Star in Virgo rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.9°
Max altitude: 49.6°
Azimuth: 281.1°