IC 5040 - Spiral Galaxy in Octans

IC 5040 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Octans constellation. IC 5040 is situated close to the southern celestial pole and, as such, it is easilty visible for most part of the year from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of IC 5040 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 5040

Available Resources for IC 5040 - Spiral Galaxy in Octans

• Photometric information of IC 5040
• Apparent size of IC 5040
• Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 5040
• IC 5040 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of IC 5040.
• Rise and set times of IC 5040 from your location.

Photometric information of IC 5040

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 5040 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 5040.

Apparent size of IC 5040

The following table reports IC 5040 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 5040 is a visual representation of it.

IC 5040 - Spiral Galaxy in Octans morphological classification

IC 5040 - Spiral Galaxy in Octans is classified as Spiral (SAd) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 5040 - Spiral Galaxy in Octans in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 5040

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 5040 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 5040 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 5040 from your location

IC 5040 - Spiral Galaxy in Octans is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom