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NGC 5078 - Spiral Galaxy in Hydra

Below the horizon.  Rise: 0:28 | Tran: 3:43 | Set: 6:58
Alt: -53.33°   Az: 63.64°   Direction: East-North-East

NGC 5078 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Hydra constellation. NGC 5078 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 11.51, NGC 5078 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 5078 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 5078 - Spiral Galaxy in Hydra star
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DSS2 image of NGC 5078 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.56 arcmin) and minor (0.62 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

13h 21m 13s
-27° 32’ 29”
14h 28m 29s
03h 49m 42s

J2000

13h 19m 50s
-27° 24’ 37”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 5078 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 5078 - Spiral Galaxy in Hydra.

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Finder chart for NGC 5078 - Spiral Galaxy in Hydra.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 5078 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).

11.51
8.21
7.46
7.12

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 5078.

22.26 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 5078 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 5078 is a visual representation of it.
2.56 arcmin
0.62 arcmin
147°

Morphological Classification

NGC 5078 - Spiral Galaxy in Hydra is classified as Spiral (SAa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 5078 - Spiral Galaxy in Hydra in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 5078 - Spiral Galaxy in Hydra
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 5078 - Spiral Galaxy in Hydra, Spiral (SAa).
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 5078 - Spiral Galaxy in Hydra rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 117.5°
Max altitude: 11.0°
Azimuth: 242.5°