Lower Sword (NGC1980) Observation Details

NGC1980 Daily Motion
NGC1980 will not be observable tonight. It will reach its transit at 46° by 15:58 and set at 21:39. Throughout the night, from 22:45 to 05:22, it will be below the horizon. NGC1980 will rise again after sunrise, at 10:14.NGC1980 will become visible in August, 25. After being too close to the Sun to observe, it will reappear in the night sky. Starting from August, 25, NGC1980 can be seen again, providing a good opportunity for observation.
NGC1980 Visibility Timetable on May 09
NGC1980 Rise and Set Timetable
Time | Elevation | |
NGC1980 transit | 15:58 | 46° |
Moon Rise, 87.7% illuminated | 17:00 | 44° |
Sunset | 20:27 | 14° |
Civil sunset | 20:57 | 8° |
NGC1980 set | 21:39 | |
Astrosession begin | 22:10 | -6° |
Astrosession end | 04:44 | -56° |
Moon Set | 04:47 | -56° |
NGC1980 rise | 10:14 |
Track NGC1980 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC1980 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 NGC1980
Object name | NGC1980 |
Field of view | |
Limiting magnitude | |
NGC1980 coordinates | 5.59055, -5.90989 |
Center coordinates | 5.59055, -5.90989 |
NGC1980 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC1980
Time | 22:45 |
Latitude | 37.751 |
Longitude | -97.822 |
NGC1980 elevation | -13° |
NGC1980 Azimuth | 87° |
Annual motion of NGC1980
Date | Sat, 10 May 2025 |
Twighlight start | 22:11 |
Twighlight end | 04:42 |
Twighlight duration | 7h 31m |
Rise | 10:14 |
Set | 21:35 |
Elevation at transit | 46° |
Transit time | 15:55 |
Equatorial coordinates | RA: 05h 35m 25s", Dec: -5° 54' 35s |
Magnitude | 3 |
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 NGC1980 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.