IC 731 - Galaxy in Ursa Major
IC 731 is a Galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. IC 731 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.
IC 731 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: 78.3°
Azimuth: 267.7°
Direction: West
See also IC 731 rise and set times.
Given its B magnitude of 15.6, IC 731 is visible only through long exposure photography.
Photometric information of IC 731
The following table lists the magnitude of IC 731 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).
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 731.
Apparent size of IC 731
The following table reports IC 731 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 731 is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 731
The image below is a photograph of IC 731 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).

IC 731 - Galaxy in Ursa Major morphological classification
IC 731 - Galaxy in Ursa Major 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 731 - Galaxy in Ursa Major in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 731
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 731 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 731 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.


Rise ans set times of IC 731 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
IC 731 - Galaxy in Ursa Major is circumpolar and transits at 11:05 UTC (altitude: 88.1°)