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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 6:41  ☀️ Transit: 13:03  🌅 Sunset: 19:26

IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba

IC 2150 is a Galaxy in the Columba constellation. IC 2150 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.

IC 2150
Galaxy
Columba
  • IC 2150 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. See also rise and set times.
  • Given its B magnitude of 13.6, IC 2150 is visible with the help of a telescope havng an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.
Available Resources for IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba

Photometric information of IC 2150

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2150 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).

13.6
10.89
10.49
9.99

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 2150.

23.5 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 2150

The following table reports IC 2150 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2150 is a visual representation of it.
2.9 arcmin
0.8 arcmin
83°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 2150

The image below is a photograph of IC 2150 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 2150 -  Galaxy in Columba star
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DSS2 image of IC 2150 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.9 arcmin) and minor (0.8 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba morphological classification

IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba is classified as according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba, .
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 2150

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 2150 are provided in the following table:

05h 51m 19s
-38° 19’ 14”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2150 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 2150 -  Galaxy in Columba star
Simplified finder chart for IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba.

Finder chart IC 2150 -  Galaxy in Columba star
Simplified finder chart for IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba.

Rise ans set times of IC 2150 from your location

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

Today's IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 128.3°
Max altitude: 0.2°
Azimuth: 231.7°
IC 2150 - Galaxy in Columba is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom