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IC 5267 — Galaxy in Grus

Galaxy Good (41/100)

Lenticular

Magnitude 10.5m Galaxy Grus (Gru) Visible
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1Properties

Magnitude 10.5
Angular Size 5.6′ × 4.1′
Position Angle 138°
Distance 79.63 million ly
Galaxy Type Lenticular (S0-a)
pB, S, R, mbM

Position & Identifiers

RA 22h 57m 12.0s
Dec -43° 23' 60.0"
Constellation Grus (Gru)
Catalog IC 5267

2How easy to spot?

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

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

Easy on Seestar S50

3Visibility

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Best season Jul – Sep (peak: Aug)

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125x TFOV: 0.4° Lim. mag: 13.6
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IC 5267 · 5.6′×4.1′ · N up, E left

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

Theta Gru
Hard+
Tight double — a rewarding split at 1.5″
Double Star mag 4.28 1.8° Grus
IC 5240
Hard+
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Galaxy mag 12.0 3.1° Grus
NGC 7531
Medium+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 11.3 3.2° Grus
NGC 7552
Medium+
Barred spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 10.7 3.6° Grus
NGC 7410
Medium+
Edge-on galaxy
Galaxy mag 10.4 3.8° Grus
Pi Gru
HIP 110478; Pi Gruis
Easy
Semi-regular variable, range 5.4–6.7
Variable Star mag 6.62 6.6° Grus
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