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IC 950 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Boötes

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:34 | Tran: 8:47 | Set: 15:59
Alt: -21.98°   Az: 20.50°   Direction: North-North-East

IC 950 NED01 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Boötes constellation. IC 950 NED01 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 16.28, IC 950 NED01 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 950 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 950 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Boötes star
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DSS2 image of IC 950 NED01 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.23 arcmin) and minor (0.38 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 53m 38s
+14° 21’ 59”
13h 18m 20s
03h 11m 59s

J2000

13h 52m 26s
+14° 29’ 19”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 950 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°.

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Finder chart for IC 950 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Boötes.

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Finder chart for IC 950 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Boötes.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 950 NED01 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).

16.28

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 950 NED01.

25 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 950 NED01 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 950 NED01 is a visual representation of it.
1.23 arcmin
0.38 arcmin
124°

Morphological Classification

IC 950 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Boötes is classified as Spiral (SAa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 950 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Boötes in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

IC 950 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Boötes
Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 950 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Boötes, Spiral (SAa).
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 950 NED01 - Spiral Galaxy in Boötes rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 75.6°
Max altitude: 52.9°
Azimuth: 284.4°