NGC 2402 NED02 - Galaxy in Canis Minor

NGC 2402 NED02 is a Galaxy in the Canis Minor constellation. NGC 2402 NED02 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

Available Resources for NGC 2402 NED02 - Galaxy in Canis Minor

• Photometric information of NGC 2402 NED02
• Apparent size of NGC 2402 NED02
• Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 2402 NED02
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 2402 NED02.
• Rise ans set times of NGC 2402 NED02 from your location.

Photometric information of NGC 2402 NED02

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 2402 NED02 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 2402 NED02.

Apparent size of NGC 2402 NED02

The following table reports NGC 2402 NED02 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 2402 NED02 is a visual representation of it.

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 2402 NED02

The image below is a photograph of NGC 2402 NED02 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).

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 2402 NED02

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 2402 NED02 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 2402 NED02 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 2402 NED02 from your location

Today's NGC 2402 NED02 - Galaxy in Canis Minor rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):