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IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba

Altitude: -26.7°   Azimuth: 248.2°   Direction: West-South-West

IC 2153 NED02 is a Irregular Galaxy in the Columba constellation. IC 2153 NED02 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

IC 2153 NED02
Galaxy
Columba

IC 2153 NED02 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -26.7°
Azimuth: 248.2°
Direction: West-South-West

See also IC 2153 NED02 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 14.67, IC 2153 NED02 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

Available Resources for IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba

Photometric information of IC 2153 NED02

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2153 NED02 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).

14.67
12.31
11.75
11.61

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 2153 NED02.

23.01 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 2153 NED02

The following table reports IC 2153 NED02 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2153 NED02 is a visual representation of it.
1.08 arcmin
0.84 arcmin
69°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 2153 NED02

The image below is a photograph of IC 2153 NED02 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 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba star
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DSS2 image of IC 2153 NED02 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.08 arcmin) and minor (0.84 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba morphological classification

IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba is classified as Irregular (I) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba, Irregular (I).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 2153 NED02

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 2153 NED02 are provided in the following table:

06h 00m 05s
-33° 55’ 05”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2153 NED02 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 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba star
Simplified finder chart for IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba.

Finder chart IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba star
Simplified finder chart for IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba.

Rise ans set times of IC 2153 NED02 from your location

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

Today's IC 2153 NED02 - Irregular Galaxy in Columba rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 123.9°
Max altitude: 4.6°
Azimuth: 236.1°