NGC 2131 - Irregular Galaxy in Lepus

NGC 2131 is a Irregular Galaxy in the Lepus constellation. NGC 2131 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 14.59, NGC 2131 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 2131 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 2131 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 2131 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 2131.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 2131 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 2131 is a visual representation of it.

Morphological Classification

NGC 2131 - Irregular Galaxy in Lepus is classified as Irregular (I) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 2131 - Irregular Galaxy in Lepus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Rise and Set Times

Today's NGC 2131 - Irregular Galaxy in Lepus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):