We use cookies to deliver essential features and to measure their performance. Learn more.
Help us keep TheSkyLive 100% free & ads-free, donate now!
Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 7:25 
Transit: 12:14 
Sunset: 17:03
wb_twilight   (Nautical Twilight)  
What's Visible Now • Tonight Timeline
Search  close
All Constellations »  Ophiuchus »  Deep Sky Objects » 

IC 4659 - Other Classification in Ophiuchus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 3:54 | Tran: 8:16 | Set: 12:39
Alt: 15.97°   Az: 150.94°   Direction: South-South-East

IC 4659 is a Other Classification in the Ophiuchus constellation. IC 4659 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.

The image below is a photograph of IC 4659 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 4659 - Other Classification in Ophiuchus star
/>
DSS2 image of IC 4659 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 35m 40s
-17° 56’ 35”
22h 02m 24s
15h 38m 04s

J2000

17h 34m 12s
-17° 55’ 41”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4659 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for IC 4659 - Other Classification in Ophiuchus.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for IC 4659 - Other Classification in Ophiuchus.

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's IC 4659 - Other Classification in Ophiuchus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 107.9°
Max altitude: 20.6°
Azimuth: 252.1°