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IC 322 - Galaxy in Taurus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:13 | Tran: 3:34 | Set: 9:51
Alt: 42.24°   Az: 176.78°   Direction: South

IC 322 is a Galaxy in the Taurus constellation. IC 322 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 15.4, IC 322 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 322 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 322 - Galaxy in Taurus star
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DSS2 image of IC 322 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.76 arcmin) and minor (0.38 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 27m 17s
+03° 45’ 57”
23h 50m 27s
03h 17m 45s

J2000

03h 25m 59s
+03° 40’ 50”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 322 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart IC 322 - Galaxy in Taurus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 322 - Galaxy in Taurus.

Finder chart IC 322 - Galaxy in Taurus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 322 - Galaxy in Taurus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 322 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).

15.4
12.4
12.02
11.75

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 322.

23.77 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 322 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 322 is a visual representation of it.
0.76 arcmin
0.38 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's IC 322 - Galaxy in Taurus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 86.2°
Max altitude: 42.3°
Azimuth: 273.8°