NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor

NGC 2115B is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Pictor constellation. NGC 2115B is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern emisphere.

Available Resources for NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor

• Photometric information of NGC 2115B
• Apparent size of NGC 2115B
• Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 2115B
• NGC 2115B morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 2115B.
• Rise ans set times of NGC 2115B from your location.

Photometric information of NGC 2115B

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 2115B 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.

The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 2115B.

Apparent size of NGC 2115B

The following table reports NGC 2115B apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 2115B is a visual representation of it.

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 2115B

The image below is a photograph of NGC 2115B 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).

NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor morphological classification

NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor is classified as Lenticular (S0-Aa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 2115B

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 2115B are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 2115B in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Rise ans set times of NGC 2115B from your location

NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]