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Sunrise: 4:43 
Transit: 13:00 
Sunset: 21:17
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IC 2543 NED02 - Galaxy in Leo Minor

Above the horizon.  Rise: 6:35 | Tran: 17:36 | Set: 4:42
Alt: 51.65°   Az: 90.27°   Direction: East

IC 2543 NED02 is a Galaxy in the Leo Minor constellation. IC 2543 NED02 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 17.51, IC 2543 NED02 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 2543 NED02 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 2543 NED02 - Galaxy in Leo Minor star
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DSS2 image of IC 2543 NED02 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.2 arcmin) and minor (0.14 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 09m 54s
+37° 43’ 07”
20h 33m 22s
06h 43m 17s

J2000

10h 08m 24s
+37° 50’ 39”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2543 NED02 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 2543 NED02 - Galaxy in Leo Minor.

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Finder chart for IC 2543 NED02 - Galaxy in Leo Minor.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2543 NED02 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).

17.51

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 2543 NED02.

22.73 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 2543 NED02 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2543 NED02 is a visual representation of it.
0.2 arcmin
0.14 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's IC 2543 NED02 - Galaxy in Leo Minor rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.3°
Max altitude: 76.2°
Azimuth: 307.7°