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NGC 3341 - Galaxy in Sextans

Above the horizon.  Rise: 13:50 | Tran: 20:12 | Set: 2:39
Alt: 41.71°   Az: 200.65°   Direction: South-South-West

NGC 3341 is a Galaxy in the Sextans constellation. NGC 3341 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 14.9, NGC 3341 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 3341 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 3341 - Galaxy in Sextans star
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DSS2 image of NGC 3341 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.07 arcmin) and minor (0.31 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 43m 49s
+04° 54’ 37”
01h 01m 17s
11h 45m 07s

J2000

10h 42m 30s
+05° 02’ 37”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 3341 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 3341 - Galaxy in Sextans.

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Finder chart for NGC 3341 - Galaxy in Sextans.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 3341 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).

14.9
11.74
11.11
10.78

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 3341.

23.73 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 3341 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 3341 is a visual representation of it.
1.07 arcmin
0.31 arcmin
23°

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 3341 - Galaxy in Sextans rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 85.1°
Max altitude: 43.4°
Azimuth: 274.9°