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ULAS J1120+0641

ULAS J1120+0641 is a deep-sky object in the constellation Leo.

Very distant quasar, seen 770 million years after the Big Bang

ULAS J1120+0641: a sky-survey photograph of its field
Sky survey view (DSS2 colour, or a backup survey)

Facts

ConstellationLeo
Position (J2000)11h 19m 59s, +6° 36′

When and how to see it

ULAS J1120+0641 is highest in the sky at midnight in March. From India (about 20° N) it climbs to about 77° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 47°.

Heights are worked out for India and for 50° N. Set your location in Settings to see them for where you are.

For tonight's best time from your own town, the darkness and the Moon, open it on the map and see its "Tonight from your location" card.

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