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IC 1152 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 78.17°   Az: 259.91°   Direction: West

IC 1152 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Hercules constellation. IC 1152 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 14.4, IC 1152 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of IC 1152 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 IC 1152 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules star
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DSS2 image of IC 1152 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.15 arcmin) and minor (1.03 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

15h 57m 28s
+48° 01’ 22”
01h 10m 14s
17h 07m 42s

J2000

15h 56m 43s
+48° 05’ 41”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 1152 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for IC 1152 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules.

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Finder chart for IC 1152 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 1152 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).

14.4
10.86
10.22
9.91

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 IC 1152.

23.42 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 1152 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 1152 is a visual representation of it.
1.15 arcmin
1.03 arcmin
19°

Morphological Classification

IC 1152 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules is classified as Elliptical (E) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 1152 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 1152 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 1152 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules, Elliptical (E).
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

IC 1152 - Elliptical Galaxy in Hercules is circumpolar and transits at 00:09 UTC (altitude: 86.5°)