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NGC 1932 - Star in Dorado

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -75.34°   Az: 181.46°   Direction: South

NGC 1932 is a Star in the Dorado constellation. NGC 1932 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 13.8, NGC 1932 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 1932 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 1932 - Star in Dorado star
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DSS2 image of NGC 1932 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 22m 19s
-66° 07’ 52”
11h 56m 21s
17h 18m 40s

J2000

05h 22m 17s
-66° 09’ 15”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1932 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for NGC 1932 - Star in Dorado.

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Finder chart for NGC 1932 - Star in Dorado.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1932 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).

13.8
14.48
14.51
14.6

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Rise and Set Times

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

NGC 1932 - Star in Dorado is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK