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Sunrise: 5:13 
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IC 158 - Galaxy in Cetus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:01 | Tran: 11:25 | Set: 16:49
Alt: 11.12°   Az: 243.84°   Direction: West-South-West

IC 158 is a Galaxy in the Cetus constellation. IC 158 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 158 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 158 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 158 - Galaxy in Cetus star
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DSS2 image of IC 158 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.7 arcmin) and minor (0.53 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 47m 10s
-06° 48’ 34”
04h 09m 59s
05h 57m 09s

J2000

01h 45m 53s
-06° 56’ 08”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 158 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 158 - Galaxy in Cetus.

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Finder chart for IC 158 - Galaxy in Cetus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 158 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
12.06
11.45
11.26

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 158.

23.74 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 158 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 158 is a visual representation of it.
0.7 arcmin
0.53 arcmin
140°

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's IC 158 - Galaxy in Cetus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 96.8°
Max altitude: 31.7°
Azimuth: 263.2°