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🌎  Observing from: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
🌅 Sunrise: 5:59  ☀️ Transit: 12:05  🌅 Sunset: 18:13

IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus

IC 5168 is a Galaxy in the Piscis Austrinus constellation. IC 5168 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.

IC 5168
Galaxy
Piscis Austrinus
  • IC 5168 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Its current altitude is 9° above the horizon. See also rise and set times.
  • Given its B magnitude of 15.54, IC 5168 is visible only through long exposure photography.
Available Resources for IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus

Photometric information of IC 5168

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 5168 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).

15.54

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 5168.

23.77 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 5168

The following table reports IC 5168 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 5168 is a visual representation of it.
1.3 arcmin
0.36 arcmin
141°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 5168

The image below is a photograph of IC 5168 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 5168 -  Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus star
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DSS2 image of IC 5168 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.3 arcmin) and minor (0.36 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus morphological classification

IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus 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 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus, .
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 5168

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 5168 are provided in the following table:

22h 08m 45s
-27° 51’ 23”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 5168 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 5168 -  Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus.

Finder chart IC 5168 -  Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus star
Simplified finder chart for IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus.

Rise ans set times of IC 5168 from your location

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

Today's IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.9°
Max altitude: 10.7°
Azimuth: 242.1°
IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom