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IC 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:32 | Tran: 13:53 | Set: 22:14
Alt: 3.32°   Az: 307.37°   Direction: North-West

IC 4343 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Boötes constellation. IC 4343 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 15.6, IC 4343 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 4343 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 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes star
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DSS2 image of IC 4343 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.05 arcmin) and minor (0.61 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 56m 04s
+25° 00’ 06”
07h 55m 37s
21h 51m 42s

J2000

13h 54m 56s
+25° 07’ 21”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4343 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 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes.

Finder chart IC 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4343 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
11.82
11.12
10.84

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 4343.

24.06 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 4343 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4343 is a visual representation of it.
1.05 arcmin
0.61 arcmin
102°

Morphological Classification

IC 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes 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 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes, Elliptical (E).
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 4343 - Elliptical Galaxy in Boötes rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.0°
Max altitude: 63.5°
Azimuth: 295.0°