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IC 4906 — Galaxy in Pavo

Galaxy Fair (25/100)

Elliptical

Magnitude 13.0m Galaxy Pavo (Pav) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 12.97
Angular Size 1.6′ × 0.9′
Position Angle 68°
Distance 175.47 million ly
Galaxy Type Elliptical (E-S0)
F, S, R, bM, 4 st around

Position & Identifiers

RA 19h 56m 48.0s
Dec -60° 28' 00.0"
Constellation Pavo (Pav)
Catalog IC 4906

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

Medium on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Jun – Aug (peak: Jul)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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IC 4906 · 1.6′×0.9′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

NU Pav
Hard+
Semi-regular variable, range 4.9–5.3
Variable Star mag 5.13 1.3° Pavo
NGC 6810
Hard+
Edge-on galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.0 2.5° Pavo
IC 4845
Hard+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.97 4.5° Pavo
IC 4842
Medium
Elliptical galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.3 4.6° Pavo
NGC 6771
Hard+
Edge-on galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.5 4.7° Pavo
NGC 6752
Easy
Large bright globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 5.4 5.7° Pavo
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