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Transit: 11:51 
Sunset: 15:50
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IC 2444 - Lenticular Galaxy in Cancer

Above the horizon.  Rise: 19:00 | Tran: 4:08 | Set: 13:12
Alt: 14.82°   Az: 59.94°   Direction: East-North-East

IC 2444 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Cancer constellation. IC 2444 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 15.1, IC 2444 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of IC 2444 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).

Image of IC 2444 - Lenticular Galaxy in Cancer star
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DSS2 image of IC 2444 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.82 arcmin) and minor (0.71 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 14m 20s
+30° 06’ 30”
17h 01m 11s
02h 15m 32s

J2000

09h 12m 51s
+30° 12’ 44”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2444 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for IC 2444 - Lenticular Galaxy in Cancer.

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Finder chart for IC 2444 - Lenticular Galaxy in Cancer.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2444 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).

15.1
12.03
11.5
11.24

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 2444.

23.59 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 2444 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2444 is a visual representation of it.
0.82 arcmin
0.71 arcmin
48°

Morphological Classification

IC 2444 - Lenticular Galaxy in Cancer is classified as Lenticular (S0-Aa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 2444 - Lenticular Galaxy in Cancer in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 2444 - Lenticular Galaxy in Cancer
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 2444 - Lenticular Galaxy in Cancer, Lenticular (S0-Aa).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's IC 2444 - Lenticular Galaxy in Cancer rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.9°
Max altitude: 68.6°
Azimuth: 300.1°