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IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus

IC 4445 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Lupus constellation. IC 4445 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.

IC 4445
Galaxy
Lupus
  • IC 4445 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. See also rise and set times.
  • Given its B magnitude of 14.99, IC 4445 is visible with the help of a telescope havng an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.
Available Resources for IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus

Photometric information of IC 4445

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4445 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).

14.99
11.64
10.88
10.61

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 4445.

23.28 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 4445

The following table reports IC 4445 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4445 is a visual representation of it.
1.19 arcmin
0.45 arcmin
154°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 4445

The image below is a photograph of IC 4445 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 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus star
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DSS2 image of IC 4445 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.19 arcmin) and minor (0.45 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus morphological classification

IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus is classified as Spiral (SAcd) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus, Spiral (SAcd).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 4445

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 4445 are provided in the following table:

14h 31m 54s
-46° 02’ 07”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4445 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 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus.

Finder chart IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus.

Rise ans set times of IC 4445 from your location

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

IC 4445 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]