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IC 2928 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major

Below the horizon.  Rise: 15:50 | Tran: 1:45 | Set: 11:36
Alt: -1.20°   Az: 21.79°   Direction: North-North-East

IC 2928 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. IC 2928 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 14.7, IC 2928 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 2928 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 2928 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major star
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DSS2 image of IC 2928 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.9 arcmin) and minor (0.74 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 34m 49s
+34° 10’ 38”
13h 46m 36s
01h 21m 26s

J2000

11h 33m 29s
+34° 18’ 58”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2928 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 2928 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major.

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Finder chart for IC 2928 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2928 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).

14.7
12.23
11.62
11.25

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 2928.

23.11 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 2928 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2928 is a visual representation of it.
0.9 arcmin
0.74 arcmin
143°

Morphological Classification

IC 2928 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major is classified as Intermediate Spiral (SABb) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 2928 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 2928 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 2928 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Major, Intermediate Spiral (SABb).
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 2928 - Intermediate 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°