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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:57 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:56
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NGC 7268 - Galaxy Pair in Piscis Austrinus

Below the horizon.  Rise: 4:36 | Tran: 7:18 | Set: 10:01
Alt: -55.01°   Az: 290.46°   Direction: West-North-West

NGC 7268 is a Galaxy Pair in the Piscis Austrinus constellation. NGC 7268 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 7268 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 7268 - Galaxy Pair in Piscis Austrinus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 7268 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.4 arcmin) and minor (1.4 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

22h 27m 07s
-31° 04’ 14”
09h 24m 35s
07h 51m 43s

J2000

22h 25m 41s
-31° 12’ 02”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 7268 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 7268 - Galaxy Pair in Piscis Austrinus.

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Finder chart for NGC 7268 - Galaxy Pair in Piscis Austrinus.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 7268 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 7268 is a visual representation of it.
1.4 arcmin
1.4 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 7268 - Galaxy Pair in Piscis Austrinus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 121.1°
Max altitude: 7.4°
Azimuth: 238.9°