NGC : NGC3918

Celestial motion
Date: 2024-05-19
Astronomical night: 22:38 - 04:20 (GMT -5)
NGC3918 Celestial motion
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NGC3918 Celestial motion
Information about NGC3918

General information

Planetary Nebula NGC3918 has the magnitude of 8 and is placed in Centaurus constellation. The nebula's apparent sizes are 19 angular seconds.
Because of low brightness and large angular size, nebula is available for observations through a 5-inch telescope.

Information for observations

2024-05-19 nebula NGC3918 is not reachable.
 

NGC3918 on the sky map

NGC3918 on the sky map
Object type

Planetary Nebula

Alternative names

Constellation

Centaurus

Magnitude

8

Apparent size19"x19"
Right ascension11h 50m 17.77s
Declination-57° 10′ 56.4″

Catalogues

Messier

New General Catalogue (NGC)

NGC3918

International Catalogue (IC)

Nearest objects with greater magnitude
Object typeMagnitude
NGC3519Open Cluster7.7
NGC3532Open Cluster3
NGC3572Open Cluster6.6
NGC3590Open Cluster8.2
NGC3766Open Cluster5.3
NGC3960Open Cluster8.3