NGC 1463 - Spiral Galaxy in Reticulum

NGC 1463 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Reticulum constellation. NGC 1463 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 1463 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 NGC 1463

Available Resources for NGC 1463 - Spiral Galaxy in Reticulum

• Photometric information of NGC 1463
• Apparent size of NGC 1463
• Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 1463
• NGC 1463 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 1463.
• Rise and set times of NGC 1463 from your location.

Photometric information of NGC 1463

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1463 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 1463.

Apparent size of NGC 1463

The following table reports NGC 1463 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1463 is a visual representation of it.

NGC 1463 - Spiral Galaxy in Reticulum morphological classification

NGC 1463 - Spiral Galaxy in Reticulum 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 NGC 1463 - Spiral Galaxy in Reticulum in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 1463

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 1463 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1463 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 NGC 1463 from your location

NGC 1463 - Spiral Galaxy in Reticulum is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom