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IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus

Altitude: -61.9°   Azimuth: 167.4°   Direction: South-South-East

IC 4635 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Apus constellation. IC 4635 is situated close to the southern celestial pole and, as such, it is easilty visible for most part of the year from the southern hemisphere.

IC 4635
Galaxy
Apus

IC 4635 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -61.9°
Azimuth: 167.4°
Direction: South-South-East

See also IC 4635 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 13.94, IC 4635 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.

Available Resources for IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus

Photometric information of IC 4635

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4635 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).

13.94
10.36
9.52
9.19

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 4635.

23.77 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 4635

The following table reports IC 4635 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4635 is a visual representation of it.
1.62 arcmin
0.45 arcmin
160°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 4635

The image below is a photograph of IC 4635 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 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus star
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DSS2 image of IC 4635 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.62 arcmin) and minor (0.45 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus morphological classification

IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus is classified as Intermediate Spiral (SABb) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus, Intermediate Spiral (SABb).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 4635

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 4635 are provided in the following table:

17h 15m 38s
-77° 29’ 21”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4635 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 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus.

Finder chart IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus.

Rise ans set times of IC 4635 from your location

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

IC 4635 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt