IC 945 - Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Minor

IC 945 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Ursa Minor constellation. IC 945 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of IC 945 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).

Key facts about IC 945

Available Resources for IC 945 - Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Minor

• Photometric information of IC 945
• Apparent size of IC 945
• Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 945
• IC 945 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of IC 945.
• Rise and set times of IC 945 from your location.

Photometric information of IC 945

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 945 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 945.

Apparent size of IC 945

The following table reports IC 945 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 945 is a visual representation of it.

IC 945 - Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Minor morphological classification

IC 945 - Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Minor 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 945 - Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Minor in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 945

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 945 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 945 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 and set times of IC 945 from your location

IC 945 - Spiral Galaxy in Ursa Minor is circumpolar and transits at 23:33 UTC (altitude: 69.4°)