NGC 69 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda
NGC 69 is a Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in the Andromeda constellation. NGC 69 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.
NGC 69 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: -1.9°
Azimuth: 327.7°
Direction: North-North-West
See also NGC 69 rise and set times.
Given its B magnitude of 15.7, NGC 69 is visible only through long exposure photography.
Photometric information of NGC 69
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 69 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 69.
Apparent size of NGC 69
The following table reports NGC 69 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 69 is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 69
The image below is a photograph of NGC 69 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).

NGC 69 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda morphological classification
NGC 69 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda is classified as Elliptical/Spiral (E-S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 69 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY
Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 69
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 69 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 69 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 ans set times of NGC 69 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's NGC 69 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Andromeda rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):