About Antennae Galaxies (C61)

Antennae Galaxies is a rewarding deep-sky target and shows up as a faint patch of light. It is quite faint.

Current visibility

Right now it is at about 58° altitude and reaches 71° around 11:49 PM.

It stays above 30° for roughly 8 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

Corvus

Distance

83000000 ly

Size

Season

Spring

Difficulty

Very Hard

Magnitude

10.4