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NGC 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax

Altitude: -31.0°   Azimuth: 94.3°   Direction: East

NGC 775 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Fornax constellation. NGC 775 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 775 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 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax star
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DSS2 image of NGC 775 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.69 arcmin) and minor (1.28 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Key facts about NGC 775

NGC 775
Galaxy
Fornax

NGC 775 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: -31.0°
Azimuth: 94.3°
Direction: East

See also NGC 775 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 13.4, NGC 775 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

Available Resources for NGC 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax

Photometric information of NGC 775

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 775 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).

13.4
11.03
10.41
10.08

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 775.

23.03 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of NGC 775

The following table reports NGC 775 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 775 is a visual representation of it.
1.69 arcmin
1.28 arcmin
162°

NGC 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax morphological classification

NGC 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax is classified as Intermediate Spiral (SABc) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

NGC 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax
Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax, Intermediate Spiral (SABc).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 775

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 775 are provided in the following table:

01h 58m 32s
-26° 17’ 36”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 775 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 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax.

Finder chart NGC 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax star
Simplified finder chart for NGC 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax.

Rise and set times of NGC 775 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 775 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Fornax 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: 116.3°
Max altitude: 12.2°
Azimuth: 243.7°