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NGC 6968 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Aquarius

Below the horizon.  Rise: 10:22 | Tran: 15:38 | Set: 20:54
Alt: -34.69°   Az: 306.08°   Direction: North-West

NGC 6968 is a Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in the Aquarius constellation. NGC 6968 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 13.32, NGC 6968 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 6968 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 6968 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Aquarius star
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DSS2 image of NGC 6968 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.97 arcmin) and minor (1.18 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

20h 49m 52s
-08° 16’ 00”
09h 11m 15s
06h 01m 08s

J2000

20h 48m 32s
-08° 21’ 37”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6968 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 6968 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Aquarius.

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Finder chart for NGC 6968 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Aquarius.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6968 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).

13.32
10.3
9.61
9.31

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 6968.

24.16 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 6968 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6968 is a visual representation of it.
1.97 arcmin
1.18 arcmin
135°

Morphological Classification

NGC 6968 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Aquarius 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 6968 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Aquarius in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 6968 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Aquarius
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 6968 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Aquarius, Elliptical/Spiral (E-S0).
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 6968 - Elliptical/Spiral Galaxy in Aquarius rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 98.3°
Max altitude: 30.3°
Azimuth: 261.7°