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NGC 3402 - Elliptical Galaxy in Crater

Above the horizon.  Rise: 14:38 | Tran: 19:29 | Set: 0:20
Alt: 22.78°   Az: 203.26°   Direction: South-South-West

NGC 3402 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Crater constellation. NGC 3402 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 9, NGC 3402 is visible with the help of a binocular with a 60-70mm aperture or a small telescope.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 3402 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 3402 - Elliptical Galaxy in Crater star
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DSS2 image of NGC 3402 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.85 arcmin) and minor (1.78 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

10h 51m 41s
-12° 58’ 47”
01h 27m 46s
12h 19m 28s

J2000

10h 50m 26s
-12° 50’ 40”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 3402 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 3402 - Elliptical Galaxy in Crater.

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Finder chart for NGC 3402 - Elliptical Galaxy in Crater.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 3402 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).

9
9.86
9.16
8.92

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 3402.

23.13 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 3402 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 3402 is a visual representation of it.
1.85 arcmin
1.78 arcmin
170°

Morphological Classification

NGC 3402 - Elliptical Galaxy in Crater is classified as Elliptical (E) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 3402 - Elliptical Galaxy in Crater in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 3402 - Elliptical Galaxy in Crater
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 3402 - Elliptical Galaxy in Crater, Elliptical (E).
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 3402 - Elliptical Galaxy in Crater rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.0°
Max altitude: 25.5°
Azimuth: 257.0°