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IC 1167 - Elliptical Galaxy in Serpens

Below the horizon.  Rise: 16:11 | Tran: 23:27 | Set: 6:46
Alt: -13.31°   Az: 43.87°   Direction: North-East

IC 1167 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Serpens constellation. IC 1167 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 15.5, IC 1167 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 1167 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 1167 - Elliptical Galaxy in Serpens star
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DSS2 image of IC 1167 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.62 arcmin) and minor (0.55 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 05m 03s
+14° 52’ 40”
14h 56m 59s
07h 02m 03s

J2000

16h 03m 52s
+14° 56’ 47”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 1167 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 1167 - Elliptical Galaxy in Serpens.

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Finder chart for IC 1167 - Elliptical Galaxy in Serpens.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 1167 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).

15.5
12.62
11.76
11.83

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 1167.

23.34 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 1167 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 1167 is a visual representation of it.
0.62 arcmin
0.55 arcmin
117°

Morphological Classification

IC 1167 - Elliptical Galaxy in Serpens 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 1167 - Elliptical Galaxy in Serpens in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 1167 - Elliptical Galaxy in Serpens
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 1167 - Elliptical Galaxy in Serpens, 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

Today's IC 1167 - Elliptical Galaxy in Serpens rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.1°
Max altitude: 53.4°
Azimuth: 284.9°