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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 5:59  ☀️ Transit: 12:05  🌅 Sunset: 18:13

IC 2165 - Planetary Nebula in Canis Major

IC 2165 is a Planetary Nebula in the Canis Major constellation. IC 2165 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

IC 2165
Planetary Nebula
Canis Major
  • IC 2165 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. See also rise and set times.
  • Given its visual magnitude of 10.5, IC 2165 is visible with the help of a telescope havng an aperture of 6 inches (150mm) or more.
Available Resources for IC 2165 - Planetary Nebula in Canis Major

Photometric information of IC 2165

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2165 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).

12.9
10.5

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

Apparent size of IC 2165

The following table reports IC 2165 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2165 is a visual representation of it.
0.15 arcmin
0.15 arcmin

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 2165

The image below is a photograph of IC 2165 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 2165 - Planetary Nebula in Canis Major star
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DSS2 image of IC 2165 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.15 arcmin) and minor (0.15 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 2165

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 2165 are provided in the following table:

06h 21m 42s
-12° 59’ 13”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2165 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 2165 - Planetary Nebula in Canis Major star
Simplified finder chart for IC 2165 - Planetary Nebula in Canis Major.

Finder chart IC 2165 - Planetary Nebula in Canis Major star
Simplified finder chart for IC 2165 - Planetary Nebula in Canis Major.

Rise ans set times of IC 2165 from your location

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

Today's IC 2165 - Planetary Nebula in Canis Major rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.0°
Max altitude: 25.5°
Azimuth: 257.0°
IC 2165 - Planetary Nebula in Canis Major is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom