NGC1973 Observation Details
NGC1973 Daily Motion
NGC1973 will not be observable tonight. It will reach its transit at 45° by 15:47 and set at 21:30. Throughout the night, from 21:44 to 05:11, it will be below the horizon. NGC1973 will rise again after sunrise, at 10:00.NGC1973 will become visible in August, 26. After being too close to the Sun to observe, it will reappear in the night sky. Starting from August, 26, NGC1973 can be seen again, providing a good opportunity for observation.
NGC1973 Visibility Timetable on May 12
NGC1973 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC1973 transit | 15:47 | 45° |
| Moon Rise, 99.4% illuminated | 20:02 | 17° |
| Sunset | 20:35 | 10° |
| Civil sunset | 21:07 | 4° |
| NGC1973 set | 21:30 | |
| Astrosession begin | 22:25 | -11° |
| Astrosession end | 04:30 | -53° |
| Moon Set | 05:54 | -44° |
| NGC1973 rise | 10:00 |
Track NGC1973 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC1973 Image Gallery
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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 NGC1973
| Object name | NGC1973 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC1973 coordinates | 5.58466, -4.73178 |
| Center coordinates | 5.58466, -4.73178 |
NGC1973 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC1973
| Time | 15:48 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| NGC1973 elevation | 45° |
| NGC1973 Azimuth | 180° |
Annual motion of NGC1973
| Date | Mon, 12 May 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 22:21 |
| Twighlight end | 04:25 |
| Twighlight duration | 6h 4m |
| Rise | 10:00 |
| Set | 21:26 |
| Elevation at transit | 45° |
| Transit time | 15:43 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 05h 35m 04s", Dec: -4° 43' 54s |
| Magnitude | 7 |
| Constellation | Orion |
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 NGC1973 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.