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NGC 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -57.70°   Az: 246.42°   Direction: West-South-West

NGC 1522 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Dorado constellation. NGC 1522 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 13.78, NGC 1522 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 1522 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 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado star
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DSS2 image of NGC 1522 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.22 arcmin) and minor (0.87 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 06m 46s
-52° 36’ 09”
08h 25m 03s
12h 31m 49s

J2000

04h 06m 07s
-52° 40’ 05”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1522 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 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado.

Finder chart NGC 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1522 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).

14.16
13.78
12.55
11.6
11.38

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 1522.

23.14 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 1522 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1522 is a visual representation of it.
1.22 arcmin
0.87 arcmin
39°

Morphological Classification

NGC 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado 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 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado, Lenticular (S0).
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

NGC 1522 - Lenticular Galaxy in Dorado is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK