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IC 4464 — Galaxy in Centaurus

Galaxy Fair (29/100)

Lenticular

Magnitude 12.8m Galaxy Centaurus (Cen) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.81
Angular Size 1.7′ × 0.7′
Position Angle 62°
Distance 204.46 million ly
Galaxy Type Lenticular (S0)
vF, S, R, N, wisp at 45deg

Position & Identifiers

RA 14h 37m 48.0s
Dec -36° 52' 60.0"
Constellation Centaurus (Cen)
Catalog IC 4464

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. Hard V. hard+ V. hard+
150mm Newt. Hard+ Hard+ Hard
C8 203mm Medium Hard+ Hard+
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Mar – May (peak: Apr)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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IC 4464 · 1.7′×0.7′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 4451
Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.49 0.9° Centaurus
IC 4421
Hard+
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Galaxy mag 12.37 2.0° Centaurus
IC 4430
Medium
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.13 3.8° Centaurus
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Hard+
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Galaxy mag 12.28 6.0° Lupus
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Easy
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Globular Cluster mag 9.0 6.6° Lupus
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Easy
Colorful double, sep 85.2″
Double Star mag 4.36 7.5° Centaurus
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Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 1.8d
Variable Star mag 5.59 8.9° Lupus
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