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IC 4955 - Nebula in Vulpecula

Altitude: 49.9°   Azimuth: 106.1°   Direction: East-South-East

IC 4955 is a Nebula in the Vulpecula constellation. IC 4955 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

IC 4955
Nebula
Vulpecula

IC 4955 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 49.9°
Azimuth: 106.1°
Direction: East-South-East

See also IC 4955 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 12.98, IC 4955 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

Available Resources for IC 4955 - Nebula in Vulpecula

Photometric information of IC 4955

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4955 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).

12.98

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

Apparent size of IC 4955

The following table reports IC 4955 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4955 is a visual representation of it.
2.09 arcmin
1.55 arcmin
80°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 4955

The image below is a photograph of IC 4955 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).

Image of IC 4955 - Nebula in Vulpecula star
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DSS2 image of IC 4955 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.09 arcmin) and minor (1.55 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 4955

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 4955 are provided in the following table:

20h 04m 53s
+29° 11’ 33”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4955 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 4955 - Nebula in Vulpecula star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4955 - Nebula in Vulpecula.

Finder chart IC 4955 - Nebula in Vulpecula star
Simplified finder chart for IC 4955 - Nebula in Vulpecula.

Rise ans set times of IC 4955 from your location

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

Today's IC 4955 - Nebula in Vulpecula rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 60.8°
Max altitude: 67.7°
Azimuth: 299.2°