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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:58 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:55
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IC 2738 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major

Above the horizon.  Rise: 10:24 | Tran: 20:16 | Set: 6:11
Alt: 45.29°   Az: 89.17°   Direction: East

IC 2738 is a Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. IC 2738 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 15.3, IC 2738 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 2738 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 2738 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major star
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DSS2 image of IC 2738 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.85 arcmin) and minor (0.75 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 22m 44s
+34° 13’ 02”
20h 06m 50s
07h 29m 35s

J2000

11h 21m 23s
+34° 21’ 24”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2738 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 2738 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major.

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Finder chart for IC 2738 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2738 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).

15.3
11.74
11.1
10.79

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 2738.

23.5 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 2738 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2738 is a visual representation of it.
0.85 arcmin
0.75 arcmin
144°

Morphological Classification

IC 2738 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major is classified as Elliptical/Spiral (E-S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 2738 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 2738 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 2738 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major, Elliptical/Spiral (E-S0).
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 2738 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 55.8°
Max altitude: 72.7°
Azimuth: 304.2°