NGC1746 Observation Details
NGC1746 Daily Motion
NGC1746 will not be observable tonight. It will reach its transit at 76° by 15:27 and set at 22:46. Throughout the night, from 02:55 to 05:22, it will be below the horizon. NGC1746 will rise again after sunrise, at 08:04.NGC1746 will become visible in July, 29. After being too close to the Sun to observe, it will reappear in the night sky. Starting from July, 29, NGC1746 can be seen again, providing a good opportunity for observation.
NGC1746 Visibility Timetable on May 09
NGC1746 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC1746 transit | 15:27 | 76° |
| Moon Rise, 87.7% illuminated | 17:00 | 66° |
| Sunset | 20:27 | 26° |
| Civil sunset | 20:57 | 20° |
| Astrosession begin | 22:10 | 6° |
| NGC1746 set | 22:46 | |
| Astrosession end | 04:44 | -26° |
| Moon Set | 04:47 | -26° |
| NGC1746 rise | 08:04 |
Track NGC1746 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC1746 Image Gallery
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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 NGC1746
| Object name | NGC1746 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC1746 coordinates | 5.06394, 23.76764 |
| Center coordinates | 5.06394, 23.76764 |
NGC1746 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC1746
| Time | 02:55 |
| Latitude | 37.751 |
| Longitude | -97.822 |
| NGC1746 elevation | -28° |
| NGC1746 Azimuth | 8° |
Annual motion of NGC1746
| Date | Sat, 10 May 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 22:07 |
| Twighlight end | 04:38 |
| Twighlight duration | 7h 31m |
| Rise | 08:04 |
| Set | 22:42 |
| Elevation at transit | 76° |
| Transit time | 15:23 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 05h 03m 50s", Dec: 23° 46' 03s |
| Magnitude | 6 |
| Constellation | Taurus |
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 NGC1746 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.