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IC 500 - Lenticular Galaxy in Puppis

Below the horizon.  Rise: 12:50 | Tran: 17:23 | Set: 21:56
Alt: -39.98°   Az: 298.11°   Direction: West-North-West

IC 500 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Puppis constellation. IC 500 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 500 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 500 - Lenticular Galaxy in Puppis star
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DSS2 image of IC 500 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.77 arcmin) and minor (0.71 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 13m 49s
-16° 07’ 42”
09h 01m 08s
17h 14m 57s

J2000

08h 12m 39s
-16° 03’ 02”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 500 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 500 - Lenticular Galaxy in Puppis.

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Finder chart for IC 500 - Lenticular Galaxy in Puppis.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 500 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).

10.72
10.04
9.75

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

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 500 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 500 is a visual representation of it.
1.77 arcmin
0.71 arcmin
54°

Morphological Classification

IC 500 - Lenticular Galaxy in Puppis 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 500 - Lenticular Galaxy in Puppis in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 500 - Lenticular Galaxy in Puppis
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 500 - Lenticular Galaxy in Puppis, 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

Today's IC 500 - Lenticular Galaxy in Puppis rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 106.1°
Max altitude: 22.4°
Azimuth: 253.9°