IC 469 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus

IC 469 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Cepheus constellation. IC 469 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of IC 469 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 469

Available Resources for IC 469 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus

• Photometric information of IC 469
• Apparent size of IC 469
• Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 469
• IC 469 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of IC 469.
• Rise and set times of IC 469 from your location.

Photometric information of IC 469

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 469 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 469.

Apparent size of IC 469

The following table reports IC 469 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 469 is a visual representation of it.

IC 469 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus morphological classification

IC 469 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus is classified as Intermediate Spiral (SABa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 469 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 469

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 469 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 469 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 469 from your location

IC 469 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus is circumpolar and transits at 17:35 UTC (altitude: 56.3°)