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Sunset: 21:14
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IC 1159 - Lenticular Galaxy in Serpens

Above the horizon.  Rise: 15:02 | Tran: 22:05 | Set: 5:12
Alt: 12.47°   Az: 80.70°   Direction: East

IC 1159 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Serpens constellation. IC 1159 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Given its B magnitude of 15.66, IC 1159 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 1159 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 1159 - Lenticular Galaxy in Serpens star
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DSS2 image of IC 1159 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.76 arcmin) and minor (0.52 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 02m 11s
+15° 20’ 59”
18h 09m 04s
10h 11m 15s

J2000

16h 01m 00s
+15° 25’ 11”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 1159 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 1159 - Lenticular Galaxy in Serpens.

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Finder chart for IC 1159 - Lenticular Galaxy in Serpens.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 1159 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).

15.66
12.69
11.94
11.59

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 1159.

23.69 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 1159 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 1159 is a visual representation of it.
0.76 arcmin
0.52 arcmin
30°

Morphological Classification

IC 1159 - Lenticular Galaxy in Serpens is classified as Lenticular (S0-Aa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 1159 - Lenticular Galaxy in Serpens in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 1159 - Lenticular Galaxy in Serpens
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 1159 - Lenticular Galaxy in Serpens, Lenticular (S0-Aa).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Rise and Set Times

Location: Bioglio-Portula-Andrè, Italy
Latitude: 45° 36’ 54” N
Longitude: 8° 08’ 09” E
Timezone: Europe/Rome

Today's IC 1159 - Lenticular Galaxy in Serpens rise, transit and set times from Bioglio-Portula-Andrè, Italy are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/Rome):

Azimuth: 74.7°
Max altitude: 59.7°
Azimuth: 285.3°