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NGC 702 NED01 - Galaxy in Cetus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 21:43 | Tran: 3:26 | Set: 9:04
Alt: 9.07°   Az: 251.83°   Direction: West-South-West

NGC 702 NED01 is a Galaxy in the Cetus constellation. NGC 702 NED01 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.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 702 NED01 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 702 NED01 - Galaxy in Cetus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 702 NED01 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.38 arcmin) and minor (0.17 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 52m 32s
-03° 55’ 39”
04h 40m 30s
06h 33m 03s

J2000

01h 51m 18s
-04° 02’ 57”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 702 NED01 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Finder chart NGC 702 NED01 - Galaxy in Cetus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 702 NED01 - Galaxy in Cetus.

Finder chart NGC 702 NED01 - Galaxy in Cetus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 702 NED01 - Galaxy in Cetus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 702 NED01 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).

15.15
14.46
14.44

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

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 702 NED01 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 702 NED01 is a visual representation of it.
0.38 arcmin
0.17 arcmin
95°

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's NGC 702 NED01 - Galaxy in Cetus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 93.9°
Max altitude: 34.6°
Azimuth: 266.1°