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NGC 3339 - Star in Sextans

Below the horizon.  Rise: 1:24 | Tran: 7:19 | Set: 13:15
Alt: -13.53°   Az: 286.74°   Direction: West-North-West

NGC 3339 is a Star in the Sextans constellation. NGC 3339 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. Given its B magnitude of 15.4, NGC 3339 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 3339 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 3339 - Star in Sextans star
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DSS2 image of NGC 3339 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 43m 26s
-00° 29’ 59”
07h 25m 35s
18h 09m 01s

J2000

10h 42m 10s
-00° 22’ 09”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 3339 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 3339 - Star in Sextans star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 3339 - Star in Sextans.

Finder chart NGC 3339 - Star in Sextans star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 3339 - Star in Sextans.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 3339 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).

15.4
14.09
13.77
13.79

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 3339 - Star in Sextans rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 90.5°
Max altitude: 38.0°
Azimuth: 269.5°