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Timezone: Asia/Manila
Sunrise: 5:32 
Transit: 11:59 
Sunset: 18:26
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IC 1198 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Serpens

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:29 | Tran: 20:40 | Set: 2:51
Alt: 66.40°   Az: 267.11°   Direction: West

IC 1198 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Serpens constellation. IC 1198 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 visual magnitude of 14.94, IC 1198 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of IC 1198 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 1198 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Serpens star
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DSS2 image of IC 1198 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.79 arcmin) and minor (0.41 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

16h 09m 47s
+12° 15’ 53”
01h 36m 36s
17h 46m 24s

J2000

16h 08m 35s
+12° 19’ 51”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 1198 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 1198 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Serpens.

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Finder chart for IC 1198 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Serpens.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 1198 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).

15.63
14.94
12.12
11.37
10.9

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 1198.

22.72 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 1198 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 1198 is a visual representation of it.
0.79 arcmin
0.41 arcmin
111°

Morphological Classification

IC 1198 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Serpens is classified as Barred Spiral (Bab) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 1198 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Serpens in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 1198 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Serpens
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 1198 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Serpens, Barred Spiral (Bab).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Rise and Set Times

Location: Real, Philippines
Latitude: 14° 39’ 50” N
Longitude: 121° 36’ 14” E
Timezone: Asia/Manila

Today's IC 1198 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Serpens rise, transit and set times from Real, Philippines are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Manila):

Azimuth: 77.7°
Max altitude: 87.6°
Azimuth: 282.3°