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IC 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 1.33°   Az: 358.04°   Direction: North

IC 3920 is a Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in the Canes Venatici constellation. IC 3920 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 15.83, IC 3920 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 3920 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 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici star
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DSS2 image of IC 3920 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.68 arcmin) and minor (0.21 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

12h 57m 59s
+39° 49’ 30”
11h 49m 47s
00h 47m 46s

J2000

12h 56m 49s
+39° 57’ 31”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 3920 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 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici star
Simplified finder chart for IC 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici.

Finder chart IC 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici star
Simplified finder chart for IC 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 3920 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).

15.83
12.82
12.2
11.91

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 3920.

23.7 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 3920 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 3920 is a visual representation of it.
0.68 arcmin
0.21 arcmin
16°

Morphological Classification

IC 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici is classified as Elliptical/Spiral (E-S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici, Elliptical/Spiral (E-S0).
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

IC 3920 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Canes Venatici is circumpolar and transits at 11:31 UTC (altitude: 78.3°)