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Your location: Santa Clara, United States
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Latitude:
37.3541
Longitude:
-121.955

Annual rise, transit and set table for NGC1261

Annual Visibility — Graphical Overview

Time

NGC1261 visibility on 2026-08-17

NGC1261 is Not visible tonight

NGC1261 rise and set timetable

TimeElevation
NGC1261 is always below the horizon-
Moonrise, 13.1% illuminated 08:46-16°
Astronomical observing session begins19:34-55°
Moonset19:59-52°
Astronomical observing session ends02:50-5°
NGC1261 transit04:36-3°

Track NGC1261 Position Throughout the Night

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Annual Rise, Transit and Set Times

DateRise — SetTransitTwilightCoordinates
2026-08-17NGC1261 is always below the horizon04:3617:52 - 04:24RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-08-24NGC1261 is always below the horizon04:0817:43 - 04:30RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-08-31NGC1261 is always below the horizon03:4117:33 - 04:36RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-09-07NGC1261 is always below the horizon03:1317:23 - 04:41RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-09-14NGC1261 is always below the horizon02:4617:12 - 04:47RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-09-21NGC1261 is always below the horizon02:1817:02 - 04:53RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-09-28NGC1261 is always below the horizon01:5116:51 - 04:59RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-10-05NGC1261 is always below the horizon01:2316:40 - 05:05RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-10-12NGC1261 is always below the horizon00:5616:30 - 05:11RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-10-19NGC1261 is always below the horizon00:2816:21 - 05:18RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-10-26NGC1261 is always below the horizon00:0116:12 - 05:24RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-11-02NGC1261 is always below the horizon23:3316:04 - 05:32RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-11-09NGC1261 is always below the horizon23:0615:57 - 05:39RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-11-16NGC1261 is always below the horizon22:3815:51 - 05:46RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-11-23NGC1261 is always below the horizon22:1015:47 - 05:53RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-11-30NGC1261 is always below the horizon21:4315:45 - 06:00RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-12-07NGC1261 is always below the horizon21:1515:44 - 06:07RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-12-14NGC1261 is always below the horizon20:4815:45 - 06:12RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-12-21NGC1261 is always below the horizon20:2015:47 - 06:17RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2026-12-28NGC1261 is always below the horizon19:5315:51 - 06:19RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-01-04NGC1261 is always below the horizon19:2515:56 - 06:21RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-01-11NGC1261 is always below the horizon18:5816:03 - 06:20RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-01-18NGC1261 is always below the horizon18:3016:10 - 06:19RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-01-25NGC1261 is always below the horizon18:0316:17 - 06:15RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-02-01NGC1261 is always below the horizon17:3516:25 - 06:10RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-02-08NGC1261 is always below the horizon17:0816:33 - 06:04RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-02-15NGC1261 is always below the horizon16:4016:40 - 05:56RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-02-22NGC1261 is always below the horizon16:1316:48 - 05:48RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-03-01NGC1261 is always below the horizon15:4516:55 - 05:38RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-03-08NGC1261 is always below the horizon15:1817:01 - 05:28RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-03-15NGC1261 is always below the horizon14:4617:08 - 05:18RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-03-22NGC1261 is always below the horizon14:1917:14 - 05:08RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-03-29NGC1261 is always below the horizon13:5117:21 - 04:57RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-04-05NGC1261 is always below the horizon13:2417:27 - 04:47RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-04-12NGC1261 is always below the horizon12:5617:33 - 04:37RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-04-19NGC1261 is always below the horizon12:2917:39 - 04:27RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-04-26NGC1261 is always below the horizon12:0117:46 - 04:18RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-05-03NGC1261 is always below the horizon11:3417:52 - 04:10RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-05-10NGC1261 is always below the horizon11:0617:58 - 04:03RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-05-17NGC1261 is always below the horizon10:3818:04 - 03:57RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-05-24NGC1261 is always below the horizon10:1118:10 - 03:52RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-05-31NGC1261 is always below the horizon09:4318:15 - 03:48RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-06-07NGC1261 is always below the horizon09:1618:19 - 03:46RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-06-14NGC1261 is always below the horizon08:4818:23 - 03:45RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-06-21NGC1261 is always below the horizon08:2118:25 - 03:46RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-06-28NGC1261 is always below the horizon07:5318:26 - 03:48RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-07-05NGC1261 is always below the horizon07:2618:26 - 03:51RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-07-12NGC1261 is always below the horizon06:5818:24 - 03:56RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-07-19NGC1261 is always below the horizon06:3118:20 - 04:00RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-07-26NGC1261 is always below the horizon06:0318:15 - 04:06RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-08-02NGC1261 is always below the horizon05:3618:09 - 04:11RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-08-09NGC1261 is always below the horizon05:0818:02 - 04:17RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium
2027-08-16NGC1261 is always below the horizon04:4117:54 - 04:23RA: 03h 12m 15s", Dec: -55° 13' 00s @ Horologium