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IC 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -23.16°   Az: 126.14°   Direction: South-East

IC 1609 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Phoenix constellation. IC 1609 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 13.59, IC 1609 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of IC 1609 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 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix star
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DSS2 image of IC 1609 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.13 arcmin) and minor (0.99 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 00m 56s
-40° 12’ 00”
18h 54m 17s
19h 55m 13s

J2000

00h 59m 47s
-40° 20’ 00”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 1609 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 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix star
Simplified finder chart for IC 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix.

Finder chart IC 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix star
Simplified finder chart for IC 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 1609 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).

13.59
10.53
9.83
9.56

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 1609.

22.73 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 1609 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 1609 is a visual representation of it.
1.13 arcmin
0.99 arcmin
44°

Morphological Classification

IC 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix, Lenticular (S0).
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

IC 1609 - Lenticular Galaxy in Phoenix is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK