Deep-sky objects in Monoceros
Sky Map
The sky above you at 20:50
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.
M50
Open Cluster
An open star cluster containing over 200 stars, located approximately 3,000 light-years away in the constellation Monoceros.
Rosette Nebula (NGC2238)
HII Ionized region
NGC2238 is a hii ionized region with apparent magnitude 6.00 in the constellation Monoceros, spanning approximately 1.3 arcminute 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.