NGC 1380A - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax
NGC 1380A is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Fornax constellation. NGC 1380A is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.
- NGC 1380A is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom . See also rise and set times.
- Given its visual magnitude of 12.41, NGC 1380A is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 8 inches (200mm) or more.
Photometric information of NGC 1380A
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1380A 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 NGC 1380A.
Apparent size of NGC 1380A
The following table reports NGC 1380A apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1380A is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 1380A
The image below is a photograph of NGC 1380A 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).

NGC 1380A - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax morphological classification
NGC 1380A - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 1380A - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 1380A
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 1380A are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1380A 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 NGC 1380A from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's NGC 1380A - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):