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IC 4721 — Galaxy in Pavo

Galaxy Good (40/100)

Barred Spiral

Magnitude 13.0m Galaxy Pavo (Pav) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 13.0
Angular Size 5.3′ × 1.6′
Position Angle 149°
Distance 103.48 million ly
Galaxy Type Barred Spiral (SBc)
F, cL, E 150deg

Position & Identifiers

RA 18h 34m 24.8s
Dec -58° 29' 47.8"
Constellation Pavo (Pav)
Catalog IC 4721

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 V. hard+ V. hard+
C8 203mm Hard+ Hard Hard
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Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

Easy 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 4721 · 5.3′×1.6′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

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Medium
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Medium
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Hard+
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Galaxy mag 12.23 3.7° Pavo
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Hard
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.88 3.8° Pavo
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Medium
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.72 4.0° Pavo
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Easy
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Medium
Eclipsing binary, period 3.2d
Variable Star mag 5.92 7.8° Ara
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