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IC 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -30.47°   Az: 210.52°   Direction: South-South-West

IC 4702 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Pavo constellation. IC 4702 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 14.04, IC 4702 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of IC 4702 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 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo star
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DSS2 image of IC 4702 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.66 arcmin) and minor (1.19 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 25m 15s
-59° 13’ 27”
03h 55m 10s
22h 20m 26s

J2000

18h 23m 03s
-59° 14’ 20”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4702 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 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo.

Finder chart IC 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4702 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).

14.04
10.35
9.66
9.36

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 4702.

23.69 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 4702 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4702 is a visual representation of it.
1.66 arcmin
1.19 arcmin
155°

Morphological Classification

IC 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo is classified as Lenticular (S0-Aa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo, Lenticular (S0-Aa).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Rise and Set Times

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

IC 4702 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pavo is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK