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IC 4682 — Galaxy in Pavo

Galaxy Fair (39/100)

Barred Spiral

Magnitude 12.4m Galaxy Pavo (Pav) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.37
Angular Size 2.2′ × 1.5′
Position Angle 140°
Distance 167.85 million ly
Galaxy Type Barred Spiral (SBbc)
vF, cS, cE 140deg , stell N

Position & Identifiers

RA 18h 16m 24.0s
Dec -71° 34' 60.0"
Constellation Pavo (Pav)
Catalog IC 4682

2How easy to spot?

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Telescope Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
80mm refr. V. hard+ V. hard Imp.
150mm Newt. Hard+ Hard V. hard+
C8 203mm Hard+ Hard+ Hard
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Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season May – Jul (peak: Jun)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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IC 4682 · 2.2′×1.5′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

IC 4704
Medium
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.02 0.9° Pavo
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Hard+
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.54 2.7° Pavo
NGC 6392
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.27 3.3° Apus
IC 4654
Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.30 4.0° Apus
Kappa Pav
Medium+
Variable star, range 3.9–4.8
Variable Star mag 4.44 5.6° Pavo
NGC 6362
Easy
Globular cluster — dense ball of ancient stars
Globular Cluster mag 8.3 6.0° Ara
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