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IC 3079 - Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo

Below the horizon.  Rise: 14:14 | Tran: 21:10 | Set: 4:10
Alt: -6.26°   Az: 297.19°   Direction: West-North-West

IC 3079 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Virgo constellation. IC 3079 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Given its B magnitude of 15.5, IC 3079 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 3079 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 3079 - Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo star
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DSS2 image of IC 3079 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.71 arcmin) and minor (0.44 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 17m 21s
+11° 23’ 37”
07h 42m 19s
19h 59m 41s

J2000

12h 16m 04s
+11° 32’ 05”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 3079 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 3079 - Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo.

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Finder chart for IC 3079 - Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 3079 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).

15.5
12.68
12.01
11.95

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 3079.

23.16 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 3079 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 3079 is a visual representation of it.
0.71 arcmin
0.44 arcmin
22°

Morphological Classification

IC 3079 - Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo 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 3079 - Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 3079 - Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 3079 - Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo, Lenticular (S0-Aa).
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 3079 - Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 78.6°
Max altitude: 49.9°
Azimuth: 281.4°