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NGC 254 - Lenticular Galaxy in Sculptor

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:54 | Tran: 6:35 | Set: 9:15
Alt: -3.76°   Az: 138.85°   Direction: South-East

NGC 254 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Sculptor constellation. NGC 254 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 11.82, NGC 254 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 8 inches (200mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 254 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 254 - Lenticular Galaxy in Sculptor star
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DSS2 image of NGC 254 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.77 arcmin) and minor (1.8 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 48m 42s
-31° 16’ 57”
20h 39m 12s
21h 27m 54s

J2000

00h 47m 27s
-31° 25’ 18”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 254 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 254 - Lenticular Galaxy in Sculptor.

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Finder chart for NGC 254 - Lenticular Galaxy in Sculptor.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 254 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).

12.62
11.82
9.61
8.98
8.73

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 254.

23.5 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 254 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 254 is a visual representation of it.
2.77 arcmin
1.8 arcmin
133°

Morphological Classification

NGC 254 - Lenticular Galaxy in Sculptor 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 254 - Lenticular Galaxy in Sculptor in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 254 - Lenticular Galaxy in Sculptor
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 254 - Lenticular Galaxy in Sculptor, Lenticular (S0-Aa).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 254 - Lenticular Galaxy in Sculptor rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.3°
Max altitude: 7.2°
Azimuth: 238.7°