NGC 6215 - Spiral Galaxy in Ara

NGC 6215 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Ara constellation. NGC 6215 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6215 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 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Key facts about NGC 6215

Available Resources for NGC 6215 - Spiral Galaxy in Ara

• Photometric information of NGC 6215
• Apparent size of NGC 6215
• Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 6215
• NGC 6215 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 6215.
• Rise and set times of NGC 6215 from your location.

Photometric information of NGC 6215

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6215 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).

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 6215.

Apparent size of NGC 6215

The following table reports NGC 6215 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6215 is a visual representation of it.

NGC 6215 - Spiral Galaxy in Ara morphological classification

NGC 6215 - Spiral Galaxy in Ara is classified as Spiral (SAc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 6215 - Spiral Galaxy in Ara in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 6215

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 6215 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6215 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Rise and set times of NGC 6215 from your location

NGC 6215 - Spiral Galaxy in Ara is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom