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IC 974 - Star in Virgo

Above the horizon.  Rise: 22:52 | Tran: 4:26 | Set: 9:55
Alt: 13.38°   Az: 117.40°   Direction: East-South-East

IC 974 is a Star in the Virgo constellation. IC 974 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 visual magnitude of 16.72, IC 974 is visible only through long exposure photography.

The image below is a photograph of IC 974 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 974 - Star in Virgo star
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DSS2 image of IC 974 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

14h 07m 52s
-05° 36’ 40”
19h 59m 08s
10h 07m 01s

J2000

14h 06m 33s
-05° 29’ 32”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 974 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 974 - Star in Virgo.

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Finder chart for IC 974 - Star in Virgo.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 974 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).

17.33
16.72
15.32
14.92
14.87

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's IC 974 - Star in Virgo rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 95.6°
Max altitude: 32.9°
Azimuth: 264.4°