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IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus

Altitude: -56.6°   Azimuth: 266.4°   Direction: West

IC 4527 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Lupus constellation. IC 4527 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

IC 4527
Galaxy
Lupus

IC 4527 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -56.6°
Azimuth: 266.4°
Direction: West

See also IC 4527 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 15, IC 4527 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

Available Resources for IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus

Photometric information of IC 4527

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4527 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
10.84
10.09
9.78

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 4527.

22.66 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 4527

The following table reports IC 4527 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4527 is a visual representation of it.
1.43 arcmin
0.51 arcmin
49°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 4527

The image below is a photograph of IC 4527 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 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus star
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DSS2 image of IC 4527 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.43 arcmin) and minor (0.51 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus morphological classification

IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus is classified as Spiral (SAbc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus, Spiral (SAbc).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 4527

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 4527 are provided in the following table:

15h 05m 40s
-42° 26’ 57”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4527 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 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus.

Finder chart IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus.

Rise ans set times of IC 4527 from your location

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

IC 4527 - Spiral Galaxy in Lupus is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt