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NGC 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus

Altitude: -38.7°   Azimuth: 63.3°   Direction: East-North-East

NGC 1832 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Lepus constellation. NGC 1832 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.

NGC 1832
Galaxy
Lepus

NGC 1832 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -38.7°
Azimuth: 63.3°
Direction: East-North-East

See also NGC 1832 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 12.2, NGC 1832 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 8 inches (200mm) or more.

Available Resources for NGC 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus

Photometric information of NGC 1832

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1832 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).

12.2
9.29
8.63
8.39

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 1832.

21.6 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of NGC 1832

The following table reports NGC 1832 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1832 is a visual representation of it.
2.46 arcmin
0.94 arcmin
13°

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 1832

The image below is a photograph of NGC 1832 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 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 1832 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.46 arcmin) and minor (0.94 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

NGC 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus morphological classification

NGC 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus is classified as Spiral (SAbc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus, Spiral (SAbc).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 1832

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 1832 are provided in the following table:

05h 12m 02s
-15° 41’ 16”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1832 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 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus.

Finder chart NGC 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus.

Rise ans set times of NGC 1832 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 1832 - Spiral Galaxy in Lepus 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: 105.7°
Max altitude: 22.8°
Azimuth: 254.3°