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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 5:50  ☀️ Transit: 12:04  🌅 Sunset: 18:19

IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia

IC 2534 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Antlia constellation. IC 2534 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.

IC 2534
Galaxy
Antlia
  • IC 2534 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. See also rise and set times.
  • Given its B magnitude of 13.38, IC 2534 is visible with the help of a telescope havng an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.
Available Resources for IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia

Photometric information of IC 2534

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2534 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).

13.38
10.3
9.61
9.36

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 2534.

23.45 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 2534

The following table reports IC 2534 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2534 is a visual representation of it.
1.84 arcmin
1.25 arcmin
98°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 2534

The image below is a photograph of IC 2534 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 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia star
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DSS2 image of IC 2534 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.84 arcmin) and minor (1.25 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia morphological classification

IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia 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 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia, Lenticular (S0-Aa).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 2534

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 2534 are provided in the following table:

10h 01m 30s
-34° 06’ 44”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2534 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 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia star
Simplified finder chart for IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia.

Finder chart IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia star
Simplified finder chart for IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia.

Rise ans set times of IC 2534 from your location

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

Today's IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 124.1°
Max altitude: 4.4°
Azimuth: 235.9°
IC 2534 - Lenticular Galaxy in Antlia is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom