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NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces

Altitude: 46.7°   Azimuth: 185.8°   Direction: South

NGC 3 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Pisces constellation. NGC 3 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.

NGC 3
Galaxy
Pisces

NGC 3 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 46.7°
Azimuth: 185.8°
Direction: South

See also NGC 3 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 14.6, NGC 3 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

Available Resources for NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces

Photometric information of NGC 3

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 3 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).

14.6
11.01
10.36
9.98

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 3.

23.01 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of NGC 3

The following table reports NGC 3 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 3 is a visual representation of it.
1.02 arcmin
0.59 arcmin
112°

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 3

The image below is a photograph of NGC 3 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).

Image of NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces star
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DSS2 image of NGC 3 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.02 arcmin) and minor (0.59 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces morphological classification

NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces, Lenticular (S0).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 3

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 3 are provided in the following table:

00h 07m 17s
+08° 18’ 05”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 3 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces.

Finder chart NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces.

Rise ans set times of NGC 3 from your location

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

Today's NGC 3 - Lenticular Galaxy in Pisces rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 81.7°
Max altitude: 46.8°
Azimuth: 278.3°