IC 2155 - Galaxy in Columba

IC 2155 is a Galaxy in the Columba constellation. IC 2155 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 16.54, IC 2155 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 2155 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).

Celestial Coordinates

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Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2155 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2155 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).

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Rise and Set Times

Today's IC 2155 - Galaxy in Columba rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):