IC 456 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Major

IC 456 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Canis Major constellation. IC 456 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of IC 456 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).

Key facts about IC 456

Available Resources for IC 456 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Major

• Photometric information of IC 456
• Apparent size of IC 456
• Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 456
• IC 456 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of IC 456.
• Rise and set times of IC 456 from your location.

Photometric information of IC 456

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 456 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.

The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of IC 456.

Apparent size of IC 456

The following table reports IC 456 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 456 is a visual representation of it.

IC 456 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Major morphological classification

IC 456 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Major is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 456 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Major in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 456

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 456 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 456 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Rise and set times of IC 456 from your location

Today's IC 456 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Major rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):