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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 5:52  ☀️ Transit: 12:04  🌅 Sunset: 18:18

IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces

IC 1564 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Pisces constellation. IC 1564 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.

IC 1564
Galaxy
Pisces
  • IC 1564 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. See also rise and set times.
  • Given its B magnitude of 14.8, IC 1564 is visible with the help of a telescope havng an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.
Available Resources for IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces

Photometric information of IC 1564

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 1564 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).

14.8
12.49
11.67
11.44

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 1564.

23.07 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 1564

The following table reports IC 1564 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 1564 is a visual representation of it.
1.01 arcmin
0.5 arcmin
84°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 1564

The image below is a photograph of IC 1564 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 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Image of IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces star
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DSS2 image of IC 1564 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.01 arcmin) and minor (0.5 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces morphological classification

IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces is classified as Intermediate Spiral (SABb) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces, Intermediate Spiral (SABb).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 1564

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 1564 are provided in the following table:

00h 39m 05s
+06° 01’ 15”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 1564 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces star
Simplified finder chart for IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces.

Finder chart IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces star
Simplified finder chart for IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces.

Rise ans set times of IC 1564 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.0°
Max altitude: 44.5°
Azimuth: 276.0°
IC 1564 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Pisces is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom