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Timezone: America/Chicago
Sunrise: 6:02 
Transit: 13:24 
Sunset: 20:45
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NGC 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces

Below the horizon.  Rise: 23:46 | Tran: 6:12 | Set: 12:38
Alt: -27.68°   Az: 50.05°   Direction: 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”
14h 53m 23s
15h 02m 05s

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: Kansas City, United States
Latitude: 39° 06’ 51” N
Longitude: 94° 37’ 38” W
Timezone: America/Chicago

Today's NGC 4 - Spiral (?) Galaxy in Pisces rise, transit and set times from Kansas City, United States are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Chicago):

Azimuth: 81.5°
Max altitude: 59.4°
Azimuth: 278.5°