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Sunrise: 5:01 
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Sunset: 20:52
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IC 2993 - Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices

Above the horizon.  Rise: 11:36 | Tran: 21:08 | Set: 6:43
Alt: 6.09°   Az: 42.44°   Direction: North-East

IC 2993 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation. IC 2993 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 16.01, IC 2993 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 2993 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 2993 - Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices star
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DSS2 image of IC 2993 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.35 arcmin) and minor (0.31 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 06m 55s
+32° 40’ 51”
15h 31m 28s
03h 38m 23s

J2000

12h 05m 38s
+32° 49’ 19”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2993 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 2993 - Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices.

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Finder chart for IC 2993 - Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2993 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).

16.01
12.66
12.05
11.37

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 2993 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2993 is a visual representation of it.
0.35 arcmin
0.31 arcmin
6°

Morphological Classification

IC 2993 - Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices is classified as Elliptical (E) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 2993 - Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 2993 - Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 2993 - Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices, Elliptical (E).
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 2993 - Elliptical Galaxy in Coma Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 57.3°
Max altitude: 71.2°
Azimuth: 302.7°