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IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:29 | Tran: 12:42 | Set: 15:56
Alt: 8.99°   Az: 162.78°   Direction: South-South-East

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 hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 15.54, IC 5168 is visible only through long exposure photography.

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 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

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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.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 10m 11s
-27° 43’ 57”
22h 42m 51s
20h 53m 02s

J2000

22h 08m 45s
-27° 51’ 23”

Finder Chart

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°.

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Finder chart for IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus.

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Finder chart for IC 5168 - Galaxy in Piscis Austrinus.

Photometric Information

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

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°

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

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
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, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.7°
Max altitude: 10.8°
Azimuth: 242.3°