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IC 508 - Galaxy in Cancer

Altitude: -7.5°   Azimuth: 328.6°   Direction: North-North-West

IC 508 is a Galaxy in the Cancer constellation. IC 508 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of IC 508 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 508 -  Galaxy in Cancer star
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DSS2 image of IC 508 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.79 arcmin) and minor (0.7 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Key facts about IC 508

IC 508
Galaxy
Cancer

IC 508 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -7.5°
Azimuth: 328.6°
Direction: North-North-West

See also IC 508 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 14.8, IC 508 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

Available Resources for IC 508 - Galaxy in Cancer

Photometric information of IC 508

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 508 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).

14.8
12.3
11.66
11.35

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 508.

22.91 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 508

The following table reports IC 508 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 508 is a visual representation of it.
0.79 arcmin
0.7 arcmin
97°

IC 508 - Galaxy in Cancer morphological classification

IC 508 - Galaxy in Cancer is classified as according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 508 - Galaxy in Cancer in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 508 - Galaxy in Cancer
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 508 - Galaxy in Cancer, .
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 508

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 508 are provided in the following table:

08h 28m 22s
+25° 07’ 28”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 508 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 508 -  Galaxy in Cancer star
Simplified finder chart for IC 508 - Galaxy in Cancer.

Finder chart IC 508 -  Galaxy in Cancer star
Simplified finder chart for IC 508 - Galaxy in Cancer.

Rise and set times of IC 508 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 508 - Galaxy in Cancer 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: 64.9°
Max altitude: 63.6°
Azimuth: 295.1°