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Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
Sunset: 21:15
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IC 4634 - Planetary Nebula in Ophiuchus

Below the horizon.  Rise: 20:39 | Tran: 0:36 | Set: 4:38
Alt: -48.90°   Az: 302.04°   Direction: West-North-West

IC 4634 is a Planetary Nebula in the Ophiuchus constellation. IC 4634 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Given its visual magnitude of 10.9, IC 4634 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 6 inches (150mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of IC 4634 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 4634 - Planetary Nebula in Ophiuchus star
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DSS2 image of IC 4634 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.14 arcmin) and minor (0.14 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 03m 05s
-21° 51’ 40”
09h 32m 23s
02h 35m 28s

J2000

17h 01m 33s
-21° 49’ 33”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4634 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for IC 4634 - Planetary Nebula in Ophiuchus.

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Finder chart for IC 4634 - Planetary Nebula in Ophiuchus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4634 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).

10.7
10.9
12.09
12.17
11.44

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

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 4634 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4634 is a visual representation of it.
0.14 arcmin
0.14 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's IC 4634 - Planetary Nebula in Ophiuchus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 111.9°
Max altitude: 16.7°
Azimuth: 248.1°