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IC 1732 - Lenticular Galaxy in Andromeda

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:10 | Tran: 16:32 | Set: 2:57
Alt: 28.74°   Az: 67.11°   Direction: East-North-East

IC 1732 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Andromeda constellation. IC 1732 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 15.1, IC 1732 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 1732 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 1732 - Lenticular Galaxy in Andromeda star
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DSS2 image of IC 1732 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.32 arcmin) and minor (0.38 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 52m 16s
+36° 03’ 22”
18h 09m 14s
20h 01m 31s

J2000

01h 50m 48s
+35° 55’ 57”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 1732 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 1732 - Lenticular Galaxy in Andromeda.

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Finder chart for IC 1732 - Lenticular Galaxy in Andromeda.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 1732 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).

15.1
11.22
10.49
10.27

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 1732.

23.86 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 1732 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 1732 is a visual representation of it.
1.32 arcmin
0.38 arcmin
61°

Morphological Classification

IC 1732 - Lenticular Galaxy in Andromeda is classified as Lenticular (S0-Aa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 1732 - Lenticular Galaxy in Andromeda in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 1732 - Lenticular Galaxy in Andromeda
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 1732 - Lenticular Galaxy in Andromeda, Lenticular (S0-Aa).
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 1732 - Lenticular Galaxy in Andromeda rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 53.9°
Max altitude: 74.6°
Azimuth: 306.1°