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Sky-Tonight.com / Nebulae Visible Tonight

Nebulae Visible Tonight

Sky Map

Celestial bearing and elevation at 18:56
This interactive sky map shows the positions of the brightest celestial objects from your location. Move it horizontally to follow how their positions change through the night.

Open Cluster

NGC0869
↗ - ↘ - ↑ 70°
 ☼ 3.7 ✣ 14.40"
NGC0869 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 3.70 in the constellation Perseus, spanning approximately 14.4 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

NGC0884
↗ - ↘ - ↑ 70°
 ☼ 3.8 ✣ 10.50"
NGC0884 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 3.80 in the constellation Perseus, spanning approximately 10.5 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

IC4665
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 58°
 ☼ 4.2 ✣ 24.60"
IC4665 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 4.20 in the constellation Ophiuchus, spanning approximately 24.6 arcseconds in the sky.

Association of stars

M24
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 34°
 ☼ 4.5 ✣ 2'
The Sagittarius Star Cloud, a vast Milky Way star field and nebulous region, visible to the naked eye in the constellation Sagittarius.

Nova star

IC4816
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 39°
 ☼ 4.5 ✣ "
IC4816 is a nova star with apparent magnitude 4.50 in the constellation Sagittarius.

Open Cluster

M39
↗ 18:56 ↘ 08:44 ↑ 79°
 ☼ 4.6 ✣ 19.50"
An open star cluster containing approximately 30 stars, located approximately 800 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.

Open Cluster

NGC6633
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 59°
 ☼ 4.6 ✣ 12.00"
NGC6633 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 4.60 in the constellation Ophiuchus, spanning approximately 12 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

M25
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 34°
 ☼ 4.6 ✣ 14.10"
An open star cluster containing over 60 stars, visible to the naked eye under dark skies, located in the constellation Sagittarius.

Open Cluster

IC4756
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 58°
 ☼ 4.6 ✣ 24.00"
IC4756 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 4.60 in the constellation Serpens2, spanning approximately 24 arcseconds in the sky.

Globular Cluster

M10
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 47°
 ☼ 5 ✣ 9.30"
A globular cluster containing roughly 100,000 stars, located approximately 14,300 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus.

Open Cluster

M35
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 38°
 ☼ 5.1 ✣ 24.00"
An open star cluster containing over 1200 stars, located approximately 2,800 light-years away in the constellation Gemini.

Open Cluster

M34
↗ 19:00 ↘ 12:56 ↑ 82°
 ☼ 5.2 ✣ 22.50"
An open star cluster containing over 400 stars, located approximately 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Perseus.

Open Cluster

NGC6871
↗ 18:56 ↘ 05:35 ↑ 88°
 ☼ 5.2 ✣ 9.30"
NGC6871 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 5.20 in the constellation Cygnus, spanning approximately 9.3 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

NGC2281
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 38°
 ☼ 5.4 ✣ 10.80"
NGC2281 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 5.40 in the constellation Auriga, spanning approximately 10.8 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

M23
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 34°
 ☼ 5.5 ✣ 16.80"
An open star cluster containing approximately 150 stars, located near the Lagoon Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius.

Open Cluster

NGC7686
↗ 18:56 ↘ 10:52 ↑ 78°
 ☼ 5.6 ✣ 3.60"
NGC7686 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 5.60 in the constellation Andromeda, spanning approximately 3.6 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

M37
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 45°
 ☼ 5.6 ✣ 11.40"
A rich open star cluster containing over 500 stars, located approximately 4,500 light-years away in the constellation Auriga.

Open Cluster

NGC0752
↗ 18:56 ↘ 11:37 ↑ 90°
 ☼ 5.7 ✣ 39.00"
NGC0752 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 5.70 in the constellation Andromeda, spanning approximately 39 arcseconds in the sky.

Globular Cluster

M14
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 49°
 ☼ 5.7 ✣ "
A globular cluster notable for its tightly packed core, located approximately 30,000 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus.

Open Cluster

M11
↗ 18:56 ↘ 03:27 ↑ 46°
 ☼ 5.8 ✣ 9.00"
The Wild Duck Cluster, an open star cluster containing over 2900 stars, located in the constellation Scutum.

Data Credits

The deep-sky information on this page comes from the OpenNGC project developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed catalog data for nebulae, galaxies, clusters and other deep-sky objects.

For details or contributions, visit the official repository: OpenNGC GitHub.