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Other deep sky objects in Aries
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NGC 674 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Aries

Below the horizon.  Rise: 3:04 | Tran: 11:07 | Set: 19:09
Alt: -15.78°   Az: 6.68°   Direction: North

NGC 674 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Aries constellation. NGC 674 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 12.7, NGC 674 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 674 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 674 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Aries star
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DSS2 image of NGC 674 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (3.81 arcmin) and minor (1.26 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 52m 42s
+22° 28’ 57”
12h 27m 49s
14h 20m 32s

J2000

01h 51m 18s
+22° 21’ 28”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 674 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 674 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Aries.

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Finder chart for NGC 674 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Aries.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 674 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).

12.7
9.52
8.81
8.49

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 674.

23.54 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 674 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 674 is a visual representation of it.
3.81 arcmin
1.26 arcmin
105°

Morphological Classification

NGC 674 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Aries is classified as Intermediate Spiral (SABc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 674 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Aries in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 674 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Aries
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 674 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Aries, Intermediate Spiral (SABc).
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 674 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Aries rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 67.5°
Max altitude: 61.0°
Azimuth: 292.5°