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Sunset: 16:27
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IC 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus

Below the horizon.  Rise: 19:12 | Tran: 0:51 | Set: 6:26
Alt: -41.22°   Az: 21.59°   Direction: North-North-East

IC 344 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Eridanus constellation. IC 344 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 14.92, IC 344 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 344 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 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus star
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DSS2 image of IC 344 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.89 arcmin) and minor (0.47 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 42m 44s
-04° 35’ 15”
13h 04m 29s
16h 47m 13s

J2000

03h 41m 30s
-04° 39’ 56”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 344 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 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus.

Finder chart IC 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 344 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).

14.92
12.5
11.78
11.93

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 344.

22.89 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 344 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 344 is a visual representation of it.
0.89 arcmin
0.47 arcmin
42°

Morphological Classification

IC 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus is classified as Barred Spiral (Bbc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus, Barred Spiral (Bbc).
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 344 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Eridanus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.6°
Max altitude: 33.9°
Azimuth: 265.4°