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IC 5187 - Spiral Galaxy in Tucana

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -50.82°   Az: 130.40°   Direction: South-East

IC 5187 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Tucana constellation. IC 5187 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 14.69, IC 5187 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of IC 5187 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).

Image of IC 5187 - Spiral Galaxy in Tucana star
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DSS2 image of IC 5187 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.6 arcmin) and minor (0.56 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 19m 58s
-59° 28’ 52”
16h 45m 25s
15h 05m 24s

J2000

22h 18m 17s
-59° 36’ 24”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 5187 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 5187 - Spiral Galaxy in Tucana.

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Finder chart for IC 5187 - Spiral Galaxy in Tucana.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 5187 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).

14.69
12.9
12.22
12.02

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 5187.

22.27 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 5187 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 5187 is a visual representation of it.
0.6 arcmin
0.56 arcmin
16°

Morphological Classification

IC 5187 - Spiral Galaxy in Tucana is classified as Spiral (SAc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 5187 - Spiral Galaxy in Tucana in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 5187 - Spiral Galaxy in Tucana
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 5187 - Spiral Galaxy in Tucana, Spiral (SAc).
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

IC 5187 - Spiral Galaxy in Tucana is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK