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IC 4004 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Altitude: 10.6°   Azimuth: 38.0°   Direction: North-East

IC 4004 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Canes Venatici constellation. IC 4004 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.

IC 4004
Galaxy
Canes Venatici

IC 4004 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom edit_location_alt.

Altitude: 10.6°
Azimuth: 38.0°
Direction: North-East

See also IC 4004 rise and set times.

Given its B magnitude of 15.41, IC 4004 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 20 inches (500mm) or more.

Available Resources for IC 4004 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici

Photometric information of IC 4004

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4004 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).

15.41
12.34
11.86
11.45

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 IC 4004.

23.99 mag/arcsec2

Apparent size of IC 4004

The following table reports IC 4004 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4004 is a visual representation of it.
0.87 arcmin
0.81 arcmin
143°

Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 4004

The image below is a photograph of IC 4004 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 IC 4004 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (0.87 arcmin) and minor (0.81 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

IC 4004 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici morphological classification

IC 4004 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici is classified as Elliptical (E) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of IC 4004 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Visualization of the morphological classification of IC 4004 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici, Elliptical (E).
Credits for the background image: Antonio Ciccolella / M. De Leo / CC BY

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 4004

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 4004 are provided in the following table:

12h 59m 43s
+38° 48’ 40”

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4004 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 IC 4004 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici.

Simplified finder chart for IC 4004 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici.

Rise ans set times of IC 4004 from your location

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

IC 4004 - Elliptical Galaxy in Canes Venatici is circumpolar and transits at 07:40 UTC (altitude: 77.3°)
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