NGC 7049 - Lenticular Galaxy in Indus
NGC 7049 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Indus constellation. NGC 7049 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.
NGC 7049 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: -10.2°
Azimuth: 175.9°
Direction: South
See also NGC 7049 rise and set times.
Given its visual magnitude of 10.74, NGC 7049 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 6 inches (150mm) or more.
Photometric information of NGC 7049
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 7049 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 7049.
Apparent size of NGC 7049
The following table reports NGC 7049 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 7049 is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 7049
The image below is a photograph of NGC 7049 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 7049 - Lenticular Galaxy in Indus morphological classification
NGC 7049 - Lenticular Galaxy in Indus 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 7049 - Lenticular Galaxy in Indus 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 7049
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 7049 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 7049 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 7049 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
NGC 7049 - Lenticular Galaxy in Indus is currently not visible from Greenwich, United Kingdom