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NGC 5065 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices

NGC 5065 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Coma Berenices constellation. NGC 5065 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

NGC 5065
Galaxy
Coma Berenices
  • NGC 5065 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change]. Its current altitude is 46° above the horizon. See also rise and set times.
  • Given its B magnitude of 14.3, NGC 5065 is visible with the help of a telescope havng an aperture of 14 inches (350mm) or more.
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Photometric information of NGC 5065

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 5065 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).

14.3
11.94
11.27
10.98

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 5065.

23 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of NGC 5065

The following table reports NGC 5065 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 5065 is a visual representation of it.
1.22 arcmin
0.73 arcmin
87°

Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 5065

The image below is a photograph of NGC 5065 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).

DSS2 image of NGC 5065 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (1.22 arcmin) and minor (0.73 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

NGC 5065 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices morphological classification

NGC 5065 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices 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 5065 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Visualization of the morphological classification of NGC 5065 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices, Intermediate Spiral (SABc).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 5065

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 5065 are provided in the following table:

13h 17m 30s
+31° 05’ 33”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 5065 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Simplified finder chart for NGC 5065 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices.

Simplified finder chart for NGC 5065 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices.

Rise ans set times of NGC 5065 from your location

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

Today's NGC 5065 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom [change] are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 58.9°
Max altitude: 69.6°
Azimuth: 301.1°
NGC 5065 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Coma Berenices is below the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom
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