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IC 743 - Galaxy in Crater

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:36 | Tran: 19:25 | Set: 0:14
Alt: 6.32°   Az: 239.09°   Direction: West-South-West

IC 743 is a Galaxy in the Crater constellation. IC 743 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Given its B magnitude of 15.18, IC 743 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 743 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 743 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.19 arcmin) and minor (0.31 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

11h 54m 40s
-13° 24’ 23”
04h 04m 57s
15h 59m 37s

J2000

11h 53m 21s
-13° 15’ 54”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 743 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 743 - Galaxy in Crater.

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Finder chart for IC 743 - Galaxy in Crater.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 743 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).

15.18
12
11.38
11.47

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 743.

23.22 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 743 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 743 is a visual representation of it.
1.19 arcmin
0.31 arcmin
144°

Morphological Classification

IC 743 - Galaxy in Crater 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 743 - Galaxy in Crater in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 743 - Galaxy in Crater
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 743 - Galaxy in Crater, .
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 743 - Galaxy in Crater rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.4°
Max altitude: 25.1°
Azimuth: 256.6°