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Timezone: Asia/Shanghai
Sunrise: 5:47 
Transit: 12:33 
Sunset: 19:18
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NGC 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:35 | Tran: 5:48 | Set: 12:05
Alt: -9.24°   Az: 76.42°   Direction: East-North-East

NGC 4 is a Spiral (?) Galaxy in the Pisces constellation. NGC 4 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.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 4 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 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces star
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DSS2 image of NGC 4 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.53 arcmin) and minor (0.24 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 08m 42s
+08° 30’ 56”
17h 03m 50s
17h 12m 33s

J2000

00h 07m 23s
+08° 22’ 25”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 4 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 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces.

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Finder chart for NGC 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 4 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 4 is a visual representation of it.
0.53 arcmin
0.24 arcmin
32°

Morphological Classification

NGC 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces is classified as Spiral (?) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces, Spiral (?).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Rise and Set Times

Location: Sankeng, China
Latitude: 23° 36’ 00” N
Longitude: 112° 47’ 59” E
Timezone: Asia/Shanghai

Today's NGC 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces rise, transit and set times from Sankeng, China are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Asia/Shanghai):

Azimuth: 81.5°
Max altitude: 74.9°
Azimuth: 278.5°