IC 2308 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Cancer
IC 2308 NED01 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Cancer constellation. IC 2308 NED01 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 2308 NED01 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: -19.1°
Azimuth: 355.9°
Direction: North
See also IC 2308 NED01 rise and set times.
Given its B magnitude of 17.1, IC 2308 NED01 is visible only through long exposure photography.
Photometric information of IC 2308 NED01
The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2308 NED01 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.
Apparent size of IC 2308 NED01
The following table reports IC 2308 NED01 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2308 NED01 is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 2308 NED01
The image below is a photograph of IC 2308 NED01 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).

IC 2308 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Cancer morphological classification
IC 2308 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Cancer is classified as Spiral (SAbc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 2308 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Cancer in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 2308 NED01
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 2308 NED01 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2308 NED01 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.


Rise ans set times of IC 2308 NED01 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's IC 2308 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Cancer rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):