IC1396 Observation Details
IC1396 Daily Motion
IC1396 is circumpolar, never setting below the horizon and always visible in the night sky from your location. However, it will change its position significantly, moving 65 degrees over time. You can find the best times to observe IC1396, when it reaches its highest elevation, in the annual motion section.IC1396 will be visible throughout the entire year. However, it will change its position significantly, moving 65 degrees over time. You can find the best times to observe IC1396, when it reaches its highest elevation, in the annual motion section.
IC1396 Visibility Timetable on May 09
IC1396 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| IC1396 is always above the horizon | ||
| Moon Rise, 87.7% illuminated | 17:00 | 13° |
| Sunset | 20:27 | 5° |
| Civil sunset | 20:57 | 6° |
| Astrosession begin | 22:10 | 9° |
| IC1396 is always above the horizon | ||
| Astrosession end | 04:44 | 53° |
| Moon Set | 04:47 | 53° |
| Civil sunrise | 05:57 | 62° |
| Sunrise | 06:28 | 65° |
| IC1396 transit | 07:59 | 70° |
Track IC1396 Position Throughout the Night
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IC1396 Image Gallery
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DSS Near-Infrared
DSS Composite image
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for IC1396
| Object name | IC1396 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| IC1396 coordinates | 21.64934, 57.48906 |
| Center coordinates | 21.64934, 57.48906 |
IC1396 Passage Through Night
Current position of IC1396
| Time | 06:13 |
| Latitude | 37.751 |
| Longitude | -97.822 |
| IC1396 elevation | 64° |
| IC1396 Azimuth | -33° |
Annual motion of IC1396
| Date | Sat, 10 May 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 22:07 |
| Twighlight end | 04:38 |
| Twighlight duration | 7h 31m |
| Rise | IC1396 is always up |
| Set | IC1396 is always up |
| Elevation at transit | 70° |
| Transit time | 07:55 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 21h 38m 57s", Dec: 57° 29' 20s |
| Magnitude | - |
| Constellation | Cepheus |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the IC1396 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.