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IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium

Altitude: -7.2°   Azimuth: 206.7°   Direction: South-South-West

IC 5105 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Microscopium constellation. IC 5105 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

IC 5105
Galaxy
Microscopium

IC 5105 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -7.2°
Azimuth: 206.7°
Direction: South-South-West

See also IC 5105 rise and set times.

Given its visual magnitude of 11.54, IC 5105 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 8 inches (200mm) or more.

Available Resources for IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium

Photometric information of IC 5105

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 5105 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).

12.43
11.54
9.44
8.72
8.45

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 5105.

23.78 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 5105

The following table reports IC 5105 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 5105 is a visual representation of it.
2.98 arcmin
1.64 arcmin
44°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 5105

The image below is a photograph of IC 5105 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 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium star
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DSS2 image of IC 5105 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.98 arcmin) and minor (1.64 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium morphological classification

IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium is classified as Elliptical (E) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium, Elliptical (E).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 5105

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 5105 are provided in the following table:

21h 24m 21s
-40° 32’ 16”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 5105 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 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium star
Simplified finder chart for IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium.

Finder chart IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium star
Simplified finder chart for IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium.

Rise ans set times of IC 5105 from your location

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

IC 5105 - Elliptical Galaxy in Microscopium is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt