NGC 1845 - Association of Stars in Mensa
NGC 1845 is a Association of Stars in the Mensa constellation. NGC 1845 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 10.2, NGC 1845 is visible with the help of a binocular with a 80mm aperture or a small telescope.
The image below is a photograph of NGC 1845 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).
Celestial Coordinates
Apparent
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Finder Chart
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1845 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.
Photometric Information
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1845 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.
Apparent Size
The following table reports NGC 1845 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1845 is a visual representation of it.Rise and Set Times
Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
NGC 1845 - Association of Stars in Mensa is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK