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IC 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor

Below the horizon.  Rise: 22:02 | Tran: 0:30 | Set: 3:03
Alt: -31.24°   Az: 104.01°   Direction: East-South-East

IC 5289 NED01 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Sculptor constellation. IC 5289 NED01 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of IC 5289 NED01 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 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor star
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DSS2 image of IC 5289 NED01 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.44 arcmin) and minor (0.17 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

23h 12m 37s
-32° 19’ 17”
17h 16m 05s
16h 28m 42s

J2000

23h 11m 17s
-32° 27’ 21”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 5289 NED01 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 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor star
Simplified finder chart for IC 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor.

Finder chart IC 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor star
Simplified finder chart for IC 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor.

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 5289 NED01 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 5289 NED01 is a visual representation of it.
0.44 arcmin
0.17 arcmin

Morphological Classification

IC 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor is classified as Spiral (SAb) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor, Spiral (SAb).
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 5289 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Sculptor rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 122.3°
Max altitude: 6.2°
Azimuth: 237.7°