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IC 3400 - Star in Virgo

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:38 | Tran: 12:23 | Set: 19:09
Alt: -22.30°   Az: 37.37°   Direction: North-East

IC 3400 is a Star in the Virgo constellation. IC 3400 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 visual magnitude of 11.5, IC 3400 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 8 inches (200mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of IC 3400 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 3400 - Star in Virgo star
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DSS2 image of IC 3400 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 30m 18s
+09° 16’ 10”
14h 18m 42s
02h 49m 01s

J2000

12h 29m 03s
+09° 24’ 22”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 3400 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 3400 - Star in Virgo star
Simplified finder chart for IC 3400 - Star in Virgo.

Finder chart IC 3400 - Star in Virgo star
Simplified finder chart for IC 3400 - Star in Virgo.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 3400 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).

11.72
11.5
10.35
10.09
9.96

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

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's IC 3400 - Star in Virgo rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 80.7°
Max altitude: 47.8°
Azimuth: 279.3°