NGC 978B - Lenticular Galaxy in Triangulum
NGC 978B is a Lenticular Galaxy in the Triangulum constellation. NGC 978B is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.
- NGC 978B is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. See also rise and set times.
- Given its B magnitude of 15, NGC 978B is visible with the help of a telescope havng an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.
Photometric information of NGC 978B
The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 978B 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.
Apparent size of NGC 978B
The following table reports NGC 978B apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 978B is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 978B
The image below is a photograph of NGC 978B 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 978B - Lenticular Galaxy in Triangulum morphological classification
NGC 978B - 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 978B - 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 978B
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 978B are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 978B 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 978B from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's NGC 978B - Lenticular Galaxy in Triangulum rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):