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NGC 46 - Star in Pisces

Below the horizon.  Rise: 2:53 | Tran: 9:22 | Set: 15:51
Alt: -16.18°   Az: 57.11°   Direction: East-North-East

NGC 46 is a Star in the Pisces constellation. NGC 46 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 visual magnitude of 11.68, NGC 46 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 8 inches (200mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 46 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 46 - Star in Pisces star
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DSS2 image of NGC 46 in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

00h 15m 28s
+06° 07’ 43”
15h 36m 47s
15h 52m 16s

J2000

00h 14m 09s
+05° 59’ 15”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 46 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 46 - Star in Pisces.

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Finder chart for NGC 46 - Star in Pisces.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 46 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).

12.95
11.68
10.98
10.68
10.61

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 46 - Star in Pisces rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 83.9°
Max altitude: 44.6°
Azimuth: 276.1°