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IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus

Altitude: 22.9°   Azimuth: 165.4°   Direction: South-South-East

IC 3831 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Corvus constellation. IC 3831 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 3831
Galaxy
Corvus

IC 3831 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 22.9°
Azimuth: 165.4°
Direction: South-South-East

See also IC 3831 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 14.22, IC 3831 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.

Available Resources for IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus

Photometric information of IC 3831

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 3831 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).

14.22
10.38
9.68
9.49

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 3831.

23.69 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 3831

The following table reports IC 3831 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 3831 is a visual representation of it.
1.5 arcmin
1.11 arcmin
138°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 3831

The image below is a photograph of IC 3831 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 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus star
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DSS2 image of IC 3831 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.5 arcmin) and minor (1.11 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus morphological classification

IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus, Lenticular (S0).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 3831

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 3831 are provided in the following table:

12h 51m 19s
-14° 34’ 24”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 3831 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 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus.

Finder chart IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus.

Rise ans set times of IC 3831 from your location

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

Today's IC 3831 - Lenticular Galaxy in Corvus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 104.6°
Max altitude: 23.9°
Azimuth: 255.4°