NGC 4038 (Antennae Galaxies) - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Corvus

NGC 4038 is a Barred Spiral Galaxy in the Corvus constellation. NGC 4038 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 4038 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Key facts about NGC 4038

Available Resources for NGC 4038 (Antennae Galaxies) - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Corvus

• Photometric information of NGC 4038
• Apparent size of NGC 4038
• Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 4038
• NGC 4038 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 4038.
• Rise and set times of NGC 4038 from your location.

Photometric information of NGC 4038

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 4038 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

The surface brightess reported below is an indication of the brightness per unit of angular area of NGC 4038.

Apparent size of NGC 4038

The following table reports NGC 4038 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 4038 is a visual representation of it.

NGC 4038 (Antennae Galaxies) - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Corvus morphological classification

NGC 4038 (Antennae Galaxies) - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Corvus is classified as Barred Spiral (Bm) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 4038 (Antennae Galaxies) - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Corvus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 4038

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 4038 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 4038 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

Rise and set times of NGC 4038 from your location

Today's NGC 4038 (Antennae Galaxies) - Barred Spiral Galaxy in Corvus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):