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IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici

IC 4269 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Canes Venatici constellation. IC 4269 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

IC 4269
Galaxy
Canes Venatici
  • IC 4269 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Its current altitude is 1° above the horizon. See also rise and set times.
Available Resources for IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Photometric information of IC 4269

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4269 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).

11.59
10.96
10.65

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

Apparent size of IC 4269

The following table reports IC 4269 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4269 is a visual representation of it.
0.46 arcmin
0.46 arcmin
85°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 4269

The image below is a photograph of IC 4269 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 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici star
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DSS2 image of IC 4269 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.46 arcmin) and minor (0.46 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici morphological classification

IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici is classified as Elliptical (E) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici, Elliptical (E).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 4269

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 4269 are provided in the following table:

13h 29m 21s
+37° 37’ 23”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4269 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 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici.

Finder chart IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici.

Rise ans set times of IC 4269 from your location

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

Today's IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 52.4°
Max altitude: 76.1°
Azimuth: 307.6°
IC 4269 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom