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NGC 554B - Lenticular Galaxy in Cetus

Below the horizon.  Rise: 5:12 | Tran: 9:04 | Set: 12:57
Alt: -6.44°   Az: 241.38°   Direction: West-South-West

NGC 554B is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Cetus constellation. NGC 554B 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 14.76, NGC 554B is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 554B 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 554B - Lenticular Galaxy in Cetus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 554B in the Red band.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 28m 22s
-22° 35’ 39”
04h 43m 30s
06h 11m 53s

J2000

01h 27m 10s
-22° 43’ 32”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 554B 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 554B - Lenticular Galaxy in Cetus.

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Finder chart for NGC 554B - Lenticular Galaxy in Cetus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 554B 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).

14.76

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 554B.

24.49 mag/arcsec2

Morphological Classification

NGC 554B - Lenticular Galaxy in Cetus is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 554B - Lenticular Galaxy in Cetus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 554B - Lenticular Galaxy in Cetus
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 554B - Lenticular Galaxy in Cetus, Lenticular (S0).
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 554B - Lenticular Galaxy in Cetus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 112.6°
Max altitude: 15.9°
Azimuth: 247.4°