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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 5:44 
Transit: 12:57 
Sunset: 20:12
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NGC 3051 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Antlia

Below the horizon.  Rise: 17:22 | Tran: 20:38 | Set: 23:55
Alt: -58.67°   Az: 50.02°   Direction: North-East

NGC 3051 is a Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in the Antlia constellation. NGC 3051 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 15, NGC 3051 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 3051 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 3051 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Antlia star
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DSS2 image of NGC 3051 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.2 arcmin) and minor (1.39 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 55m 07s
-27° 24’ 24”
13h 46m 39s
23h 41m 47s

J2000

09h 53m 58s
-27° 17’ 11”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 3051 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 3051 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Antlia.

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Finder chart for NGC 3051 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Antlia.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 3051 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).

12.79
15
9.96
9.32
9.04

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 3051.

23.35 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 3051 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 3051 is a visual representation of it.
2.2 arcmin
1.39 arcmin
169°

Morphological Classification

NGC 3051 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Antlia is classified as Elliptical/Spiral (E-S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 3051 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Antlia in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 3051 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Antlia
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 3051 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Antlia, Elliptical/Spiral (E-S0).
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

Today's NGC 3051 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Antlia rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.4°
Max altitude: 11.1°
Azimuth: 242.6°