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NGC 2307 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Volans

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -41.44°   Az: 214.72°   Direction: South-West

NGC 2307 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Volans constellation. NGC 2307 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 13.38, NGC 2307 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 2307 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 2307 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Volans star
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DSS2 image of NGC 2307 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.85 arcmin) and minor (1.72 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 49m 00s
-64° 21’ 55”
05h 22m 47s
12h 11m 47s

J2000

06h 48m 51s
-64° 20’ 08”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 2307 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 2307 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Volans.

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Finder chart for NGC 2307 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Volans.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 2307 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).

13.38
10.22
9.54
9.24

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 2307.

22.98 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 2307 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 2307 is a visual representation of it.
1.85 arcmin
1.72 arcmin
145°

Morphological Classification

NGC 2307 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Volans is classified as Barred Spiral (Bb) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 2307 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Volans in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 2307 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Volans
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 2307 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Volans, Barred Spiral (Bb).
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 2307 - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Volans is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK