About Whale Galaxy (C32)

Whale Galaxy is a rewarding deep-sky target and presents itself as a diffuse object. It is quite faint.

Current visibility

Right now it is at about 39° altitude and reaches 58° around 09:03 PM.

It stays above 30° for roughly 7 hours.

Galaxies are sensitive to light pollution, structure becomes clearer under good conditions.

Observing tips

It requires patience and good conditions.

What to expect

At higher magnification, subtle detail can be detected.

It offers less structure than some of the brightest galaxies.

Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Canes Venatici

Distance

22000000 ly

Size

Season

Spring

Difficulty

Hard

Magnitude

9.8