IC4639 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , IC4639 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:15 (PDT), 46° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:32, 78° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:26, 38° above your western horizon.

Name IC4639
Object type Galaxy
Position
Right ascension:17h02m [2]
Declination:+22°55' [2]
Constellation:Hercules
Magnitude:15.99 (B) [2]
12.45 (J) [2]
11.77 (H) [2]
11.50 (K) [2]
Angular dimensions:0.6 arcmin x 0.5 arcmin
Position angle:Major axis 152.0°E of N
Hubble type:E
Distance:242.0 Mpc
788.9 Mlyr [1]
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-20.93

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