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NGC 749 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax

Below the horizon.  Rise: 13:02 | Tran: 15:57 | Set: 18:52
Alt: -58.63°   Az: 58.15°   Direction: East-North-East

NGC 749 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Fornax constellation. NGC 749 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere. Given its B magnitude of 13.43, NGC 749 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 749 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 749 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax star
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DSS2 image of NGC 749 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.07 arcmin) and minor (1.27 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

01h 56m 48s
-29° 47’ 59”
14h 02m 31s
15h 59m 20s

J2000

01h 55m 41s
-29° 55’ 19”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 749 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 749 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax.

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Finder chart for NGC 749 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 749 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).

13.43
10.25
9.55
9.26

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 749.

23.65 mag/arcsec2

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 749 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 749 is a visual representation of it.
2.07 arcmin
1.27 arcmin
109°

Morphological Classification

NGC 749 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax is classified as Lenticular (S0-Aa) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 749 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 749 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 749 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax, Lenticular (S0-Aa).
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 749 - Lenticular Galaxy in Fornax rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 119.8°
Max altitude: 8.7°
Azimuth: 240.2°