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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:44 
Transit: 12:59 
Sunset: 21:15
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IC 4665 - Open Cluster in Ophiuchus

Below the horizon.  Rise: 18:55 | Tran: 1:25 | Set: 7:51
Alt: -14.93°   Az: 299.89°   Direction: West-North-West

IC 4665 is a Open Cluster in the Ophiuchus constellation. IC 4665 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 4.2, IC 4665 is barely visible to the naked eye, easily visible with the help of a small binocular.

The image below is a photograph of IC 4665 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 0.8200x0.8200 degrees (49.20x49.20 arcmins).

Image of IC 4665 - Open Cluster in Ophiuchus star
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DSS2 image of IC 4665 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (24.6 arcmin) and minor (24.6 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 47m 41s
+05° 38’ 26”
08h 10m 39s
01h 58m 21s

J2000

17h 46m 27s
+05° 38’ 55”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4665 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 4665 - Open Cluster in Ophiuchus.

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Finder chart for IC 4665 - Open Cluster in Ophiuchus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4665 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).

4.49
4.2

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

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 4665 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4665 is a visual representation of it.
24.6 arcmin
24.6 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's IC 4665 - Open Cluster in Ophiuchus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 84.4°
Max altitude: 44.2°
Azimuth: 275.6°