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Sunset: 15:50
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IC 1296 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Lyra

Above the horizon.  Rise: 4:02 | Tran: 13:39 | Set: 23:15
Alt: 46.51°   Az: 92.88°   Direction: East

IC 1296 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Lyra constellation. IC 1296 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 15.4, IC 1296 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 1296 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 1296 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Lyra star
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DSS2 image of IC 1296 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.99 arcmin) and minor (0.53 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 54m 14s
+33° 05’ 55”
20h 19m 28s
15h 13m 43s

J2000

18h 53m 18s
+33° 03’ 59”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 1296 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 1296 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Lyra.

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Finder chart for IC 1296 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Lyra.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 1296 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).

15.4
12.98
12.35
12.41

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 1296.

23.63 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 1296 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 1296 is a visual representation of it.
0.99 arcmin
0.53 arcmin
69°

Morphological Classification

IC 1296 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Lyra is classified as Barred Spiral (Bbc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 1296 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Lyra in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 1296 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Lyra
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 1296 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Lyra, Barred Spiral (Bbc).
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 1296 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Lyra rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 56.9°
Max altitude: 71.6°
Azimuth: 303.1°