Nebulae Visible Tonight
Sky Map
Celectial bearing and elevation at 22:17
This skymap is a dynamic visualization that displays the positions of celestial objets in the night sky for your specific location on the current date. It allows you to interactively explore the celestial landscape by moving it horizontally, enabling you to preview how the arrangement of stars will change as the night progresses.
h Persei Cluster (NGC0869)
Open Cluster
NGC0869 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 3.70 in the constellation Perseus, spanning approximately 14.4 arcseconds in the sky.
chi Persei Cluster (NGC0884)
Open Cluster
NGC0884 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 3.80 in the constellation Perseus, spanning approximately 10.5 arcseconds in the sky.
Small Sagittarius Star Cloud (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.
M39
Open Cluster
An open star cluster containing approximately 30 stars, located approximately 800 light-years away in the constellation Cygnus.
M25
Open Cluster
An open star cluster containing over 60 stars, visible to the naked eye under dark skies, located in the constellation Sagittarius.
M10
Globular Cluster
A globular cluster containing roughly 100,000 stars, located approximately 14,300 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus.
M34
Open Cluster
An open star cluster containing over 400 stars, located approximately 1,400 light-years away in the constellation Perseus.
M23
Open Cluster
An open star cluster containing approximately 150 stars, located near the Lagoon Nebula in the constellation Sagittarius.
M14
Globular Cluster
A globular cluster notable for its tightly packed core, located approximately 30,000 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus.
Hercules Globular Cluster (M13)
Globular Cluster
The Great Hercules Cluster, a large globular cluster containing several hundred thousand stars, located in the constellation Hercules.
Amas de l'Ecu de Sobieski (M11)
Open Cluster
The Wild Duck Cluster, an open star cluster containing over 2900 stars, located in the constellation Scutum.
M5
Globular Cluster
A large globular cluster containing several hundred thousand stars, located in the constellation Serpens.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.