NGC 804 - Lenticular Galaxy in Triangulum
NGC 804 is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Triangulum constellation. NGC 804 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.
NGC 804 is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: -3.2°
Azimuth: 26.4°
Direction: North-North-East
See also NGC 804 rise and set times.
Given its B magnitude of 14.7, NGC 804 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.
Photometric information of NGC 804
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 804 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 804.
Apparent size of NGC 804
The following table reports NGC 804 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 804 is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 804
The image below is a photograph of NGC 804 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 804 - Lenticular Galaxy in Triangulum morphological classification
NGC 804 - Lenticular Galaxy in Triangulum 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 804 - Lenticular Galaxy in Triangulum 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 804
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 804 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 804 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 804 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's NGC 804 - Lenticular Galaxy in Triangulum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):