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NGC 1446 - Star in Eridanus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 23:26 | Tran: 5:08 | Set: 10:46
Alt: 30.11°   Az: 149.23°   Direction: South-South-East

NGC 1446 is a Star in the Eridanus constellation. NGC 1446 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 13.5, NGC 1446 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 1446 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 NGC 1446 - Star in Eridanus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 1446 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

03h 47m 11s
-04° 02’ 11”
22h 14m 38s
02h 01m 49s

J2000

03h 45m 56s
-04° 06’ 43”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1446 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 1446 - Star in Eridanus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1446 - Star in Eridanus.

Finder chart NGC 1446 - Star in Eridanus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1446 - Star in Eridanus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1446 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).

13.8
13.5
11.56
11.05
10.93

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 NGC 1446 - Star in Eridanus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 94.0°
Max altitude: 34.5°
Azimuth: 266.0°