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NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba

Altitude: -54.5°   Azimuth: 294.2°   Direction: West-North-West

NGC 1812 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Columba constellation. NGC 1812 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 1812 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).

Image of NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba star
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DSS2 image of NGC 1812 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.27 arcmin) and minor (0.86 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Key facts about NGC 1812

NGC 1812
Galaxy
Columba

NGC 1812 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -54.5°
Azimuth: 294.2°
Direction: West-North-West

See also NGC 1812 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 13.64, NGC 1812 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.

Available Resources for NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba

Photometric information of NGC 1812

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1812 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).

13.64
10.68
10.06
9.74

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 1812.

22.77 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of NGC 1812

The following table reports NGC 1812 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1812 is a visual representation of it.
1.27 arcmin
0.86 arcmin

NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba morphological classification

NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba 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 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba, Spiral (SAa).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 1812

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 1812 are provided in the following table:

05h 08m 53s
-29° 15’ 05”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1812 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 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba.

Finder chart NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba.

Rise and set times of NGC 1812 from your location

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

Today's NGC 1812 - Spiral Galaxy in Columba rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.3°
Max altitude: 9.3°
Azimuth: 240.7°