Nebulae Visible Tonight
Sky Map
The sky above you at 18:33
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.
Beehive Cluster (M44)
Open Cluster
The Beehive Cluster, an open star cluster containing over 1,000 stars, located approximately 577 light-years away in the constellation Cancer.
Orion Nebula (M42)
Star cluster + Nebula
The Orion Nebula, a bright emission nebula and star-forming region, containing over 700 stars, located approximately 1,344 light-years away in the constellation Orion.
NGC2362
Open Cluster
NGC2362 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 4.10 in the constellation Canis Major, spanning approximately 7.2 arcseconds in the sky.
M47
Open Cluster
An open star cluster containing over 500 stars, located approximately 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Puppis.
M24
Association of stars
The Sagittarius Star Cloud, a vast Milky Way star field and nebulous region, visible to the naked eye in the constellation Sagittarius.
IC4816
Nova star
IC4816 is a nova star with apparent magnitude 4.50 in the constellation Sagittarius.
M41
Open Cluster
The Little Beehive Cluster, an open star cluster containing over 100 stars, located approximately 2,300 light-years away in the constellation Canis Major.
M25
Open Cluster
An open star cluster containing over 60 stars, visible to the naked eye under dark skies, located in the constellation Sagittarius.
NGC6530
Star cluster + Nebula
NGC6530 is a star cluster + nebula with apparent magnitude 4.60 in the constellation Sagittarius, spanning approximately 6 arcseconds in the sky.
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.