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NGC 6392 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -51.99°   Az: 212.90°   Direction: South-South-West

NGC 6392 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Apus constellation. NGC 6392 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 12.98, NGC 6392 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6392 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 6392 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 6392 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.94 arcmin) and minor (1.71 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

17h 46m 18s
-69° 47’ 40”
06h 57m 50s
00h 44m 08s

J2000

17h 43m 30s
-69° 47’ 07”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6392 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 6392 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus.

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Finder chart for NGC 6392 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6392 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).

12.98
10.24
9.63
9.32

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 6392 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6392 is a visual representation of it.
1.94 arcmin
1.71 arcmin
60°

Morphological Classification

NGC 6392 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus is classified as Intermediate Spiral (SABa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 6392 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 6392 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 6392 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus, Intermediate Spiral (SABa).
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

NGC 6392 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Apus is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK