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NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus

Altitude: 9.7°   Azimuth: 148.7°   Direction: South-South-East

NGC 7035A is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Capricornus constellation. NGC 7035A 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 7035A 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).

Image of NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 7035A in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.89 arcmin) and minor (0.65 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Key facts about NGC 7035A

NGC 7035A
Galaxy
Capricornus

NGC 7035A is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 9.7°
Azimuth: 148.7°
Direction: South-South-East

See also NGC 7035A rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 15.37, NGC 7035A is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

Available Resources for NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus

Photometric information of NGC 7035A

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 7035A 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).

15.37
11.78
11.12
10.93

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 7035A.

23.98 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of NGC 7035A

The following table reports NGC 7035A apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 7035A is a visual representation of it.
0.89 arcmin
0.65 arcmin
110°

NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus morphological classification

NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus is classified as Lenticular (S0) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus, Lenticular (S0).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 7035A

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 7035A are provided in the following table:

21h 10m 45s
-23° 08’ 07”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 7035A 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 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus.

Finder chart NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus.

Rise and set times of NGC 7035A from your location

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

Today's NGC 7035A - Lenticular Galaxy in Capricornus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 113.1°
Max altitude: 15.4°
Azimuth: 246.9°