NGC : Upper Sword (NGC1981)

Celestial motion
Date: 2024-04-24
Astronomical night: 22:01 - 04:59 (GMT -5)
Upper Sword (NGC1981) Celestial motion
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Upper Sword (NGC1981) Celestial motion
Information about Upper Sword (NGC1981)

General information

NGC1981 is the open cluster at magnitude 4 that is placed in Orion constellation and has apparent size of 25 angular minutes.
Having high brightness and large apparent size, cluster is available for observations through a pair of binoculars or small telescope.

Information for observations

Tonight, 2024-04-24, cluster NGC1981 is not reachable.
 

Upper Sword (NGC1981) on the sky map

Upper Sword (NGC1981) on the sky map
Object type

Open Cluster

Alternative names

Upper Sword

Constellation

Orion

Magnitude

4

Apparent size25'
Right ascension5h 35m 9s
Declination-4° 25′ 54″

Catalogues

Messier

New General Catalogue (NGC)

NGC1981

International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
Object typeMagnitude
H V 10*Double Star2.41
M42 / NGC1976Cluster with Nebulosity4
NGC1980Cluster with Nebulosity2.5