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🌅 Sunrise: 5:52  ☀️ Transit: 12:04  🌅 Sunset: 18:18

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Other deep sky objects in Virgo

IC 3589 - Star in Virgo

IC 3589 is a Star in the Virgo constellation. IC 3589 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.

IC 3589
Star
Virgo
  • IC 3589 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. See also rise and set times.
  • Given its B magnitude of 15.6, IC 3589 is visible only through long exposure photography.
Available Resources for IC 3589 - Star in Virgo

Photometric information of IC 3589

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 3589 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).

15.6
13.93
13.58
13.54

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

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 3589

The image below is a photograph of IC 3589 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 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Image of IC 3589 - Star in Virgo star
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DSS2 image of IC 3589 in the Red band.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 3589

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 3589 are provided in the following table:

12h 37m 00s
+06° 56’ 13”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 3589 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 3589 - Star in Virgo star
Simplified finder chart for IC 3589 - Star in Virgo.

Finder chart IC 3589 - Star in Virgo star
Simplified finder chart for IC 3589 - Star in Virgo.

Rise ans set times of IC 3589 from your location

Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's IC 3589 - Star in Virgo rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.1°
Max altitude: 45.5°
Azimuth: 276.9°
IC 3589 - Star in Virgo is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom