IC 4544 - Nova Star in Norma

IC 4544 is a Nova Star in the Norma constellation. IC 4544 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 7, IC 4544 is visible with the help of a small binocular.

The image below is a photograph of IC 4544 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).

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

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Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4544 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4544 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).

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

Rise and Set Times

IC 4544 - Nova Star in Norma is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK