IC 494 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Minor

IC 494 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Canis Minor constellation. IC 494 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 494 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 494

Available Resources for IC 494 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Minor

• Photometric information of IC 494
• Apparent size of IC 494
• Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 494
• IC 494 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of IC 494.
• Rise and set times of IC 494 from your location.

Photometric information of IC 494

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 494 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 494.

Apparent size of IC 494

The following table reports IC 494 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 494 is a visual representation of it.

IC 494 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Minor morphological classification

IC 494 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Minor is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 494 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Minor in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 494

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 494 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 494 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 494 from your location

Today's IC 494 - Lenticular Galaxy in Canis Minor rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):