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NGC 6861E - Spiral Galaxy in Telescopium

Below the horizon.  Never rises today
Alt: -13.78°   Az: 201.21°   Direction: South-South-West

NGC 6861E is a Spiral Galaxy in the Telescopium constellation. NGC 6861E is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 15.11, NGC 6861E 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 6861E 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 6861E - Spiral Galaxy in Telescopium star
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DSS2 image of NGC 6861E in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.48 arcmin) and minor (0.31 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 12m 52s
-48° 36’ 49”
02h 08m 26s
22h 21m 19s

J2000

20h 11m 02s
-48° 41’ 26”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6861E 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 6861E - Spiral Galaxy in Telescopium.

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Finder chart for NGC 6861E - Spiral Galaxy in Telescopium.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6861E 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).

15.11
12.54
11.89
11.61

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 6861E.

23.84 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 6861E apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6861E is a visual representation of it.
1.48 arcmin
0.31 arcmin
37°

Morphological Classification

NGC 6861E - Spiral Galaxy in Telescopium is classified as Spiral (SAab) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 6861E - Spiral Galaxy in Telescopium in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 6861E - Spiral Galaxy in Telescopium
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 6861E - Spiral Galaxy in Telescopium, Spiral (SAab).
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 6861E - Spiral Galaxy in Telescopium is currently not visible from Greenwich, UK