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IC 510 - Galaxy Pair in Hydra

Altitude: 23.0°   Azimuth: 126.9°   Direction: South-East

IC 510 is a Galaxy Pair in the Hydra constellation. IC 510 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.

IC 510
Galaxy Pair
Hydra

IC 510 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 23.0°
Azimuth: 126.9°
Direction: South-East

See also IC 510 rise and set times.

Available Resources for IC 510 - Galaxy Pair in Hydra

Apparent size of IC 510

The following table reports IC 510 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 510 is a visual representation of it.
0.8 arcmin
0.8 arcmin

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 510

The image below is a photograph of IC 510 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 510 - Galaxy Pair in Hydra star
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DSS2 image of IC 510 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.8 arcmin) and minor (0.8 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 510

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 510 are provided in the following table:

08h 32m 11s
-02° 09’ 43”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 510 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 510 - Galaxy Pair in Hydra star
Simplified finder chart for IC 510 - Galaxy Pair in Hydra.

Finder chart IC 510 - Galaxy Pair in Hydra star
Simplified finder chart for IC 510 - Galaxy Pair in Hydra.

Rise ans set times of IC 510 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 510 - Galaxy Pair in Hydra 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: 92.2°
Max altitude: 36.4°
Azimuth: 267.8°