NGC 6951 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus

NGC 6951 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Cepheus constellation. NGC 6951 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 6951 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 6951

Available Resources for NGC 6951 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus

• Photometric information of NGC 6951
• Apparent size of NGC 6951
• Digitized Sky Survey image of NGC 6951
• NGC 6951 morphological classification.
• Celestial coordinates and finder charts of NGC 6951.
• Rise and set times of NGC 6951 from your location.

Photometric information of NGC 6951

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 6951 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 6951.

Apparent size of NGC 6951

The following table reports NGC 6951 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 6951 is a visual representation of it.

NGC 6951 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus morphological classification

NGC 6951 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus is classified as Intermediate Spiral (SABb) according to the Hubble and de Vaucouleurs galaxy morphological classification. The diagram below shows a visual representation of the position of NGC 6951 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus in the Hubble de Vaucouleurs sequence.

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of NGC 6951

Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of NGC 6951 are provided in the following table:

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 6951 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 6951 from your location

NGC 6951 - Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in Cepheus is circumpolar and transits at 04:47 UTC (altitude: 75.4°)