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🌅 Sunrise: 5:57  ☀️ Transit: 12:05  🌅 Sunset: 18:14

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Other deep sky objects in Pisces

NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces

NGC 7694 is a Irregular Galaxy in the Pisces constellation. NGC 7694 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.

NGC 7694
Galaxy
Pisces
  • NGC 7694 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Its current altitude is 34° above the horizon. See also rise and set times.
  • Given its B magnitude of 14, NGC 7694 is visible with the help of a telescope havng an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.
Available Resources for NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces

Photometric information of NGC 7694

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 7694 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).

14
11.69
11.17
10.79

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 7694.

22.87 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of NGC 7694

The following table reports NGC 7694 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 7694 is a visual representation of it.
1.37 arcmin
0.75 arcmin
92°

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 7694

The image below is a photograph of NGC 7694 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 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces star
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DSS2 image of NGC 7694 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.37 arcmin) and minor (0.75 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces morphological classification

NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces is classified as Irregular (I) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces, Irregular (I).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 7694

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 7694 are provided in the following table:

23h 33m 15s
-02° 42’ 10”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 7694 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 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces.

Finder chart NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces.

Rise ans set times of NGC 7694 from your location

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

Today's NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 92.7°
Max altitude: 35.8°
Azimuth: 267.3°
NGC 7694 - Irregular Galaxy in Pisces is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom