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NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -15.34°   Az: 199.67°   Direction: South-South-West

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 hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 16.05, NGC 2115B is visible only through long exposure photography.

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 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor star
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DSS2 image of NGC 2115B in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.57 arcmin) and minor (0.47 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

05h 51m 57s
-50° 35’ 14”
02h 02m 57s
07h 54m 55s

J2000

05h 51m 20s
-50° 35’ 33”

Finder Chart

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°.

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Finder chart for NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor.

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Finder chart for NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor.

Photometric Information

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).

16.05
12.93
12.36
12.12

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.

23.56 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

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.
0.57 arcmin
0.47 arcmin
43°

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.

NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor, Lenticular (S0-Aa).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Rise and Set Times

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

NGC 2115B - Lenticular Galaxy in Pictor is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK