ESO056-115 (Large Magellanic Cloud) - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Dorado
ESO056-115 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Dorado constellation. ESO056-115 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 0.4, ESO056-115 is visible to the naked eye, easily from highly light polluted areas, might be more difficult if close to artificial lights.
The image below is a photograph of ESO056-115 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 21.5333x21.5333 degrees (1,292.00x1,292.00 arcmins).
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
J2000
Finder Chart
The simplified sky charts below show the position of ESO056-115 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.
Photometric Information
The following table lists the magnitude of ESO056-115 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).
For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.
The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of ESO056-115.
Apparent Size
The following table reports ESO056-115 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of ESO056-115 is a visual representation of it.Morphological Classification
ESO056-115 (Large Magellanic Cloud) - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Dorado is classified as Barred Spiral (Bm) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of ESO056-115 (Large Magellanic Cloud) - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Dorado in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.
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
ESO056-115 (Large Magellanic Cloud) - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Dorado is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK