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Santa Clara, US 37.4°/-122°
GMT -9
Waxing17:17 - 04:27
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Deep-sky objects in Orion

Sky Map

The sky above you at 17:17
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.

Star

NGC1990
↗ 20:37 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 51°
 ☼ 1.7 ✣ -
NGC1990 is a star with apparent magnitude 1.69 in the constellation Orion.

Star cluster + Nebula

NGC1980
↗ 20:50 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 47°
 ☼ 2.5 ✣ 9'
NGC1980 is a star cluster + nebula with apparent magnitude 2.50 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 9.3 arcseconds in the sky.

Star cluster + Nebula

Orion Nebula (M42)
↗ 20:49 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 47°
 ☼ 4 ✣ 1.5°
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.

Star cluster + Nebula

NGC1981
↗ 20:45 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 48°
 ☼ 4.2 ✣ 9'
NGC1981 is a star cluster + nebula with apparent magnitude 4.20 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 9 arcseconds in the sky.

Reflection Nebula

NGC1788
↗ 20:14 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 49°
 ☼ 5.8 ✣ 2'
NGC1788 is a reflection nebula with apparent magnitude 5.80 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 2 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

NGC2169
↗ 20:21 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 67°
 ☼ 5.9 ✣ 7'
NGC2169 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 5.90 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 7.2 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

NGC1662
↗ 19:12 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 64°
 ☼ 6.4 ✣ 14'
NGC1662 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 6.40 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 13.8 arcseconds in the sky.

Star cluster + Nebula

NGC2175
↗ 20:00 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 73°
 ☼ 6.8 ✣ 5'
NGC2175 is a star cluster + nebula with apparent magnitude 6.80 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 5.4 arcseconds in the sky.

Nebula

NGC1973
↗ 20:46 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 48°
 ☼ 7 ✣ 5'
NGC1973 is a nebula with apparent magnitude 7.00 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 5 arcseconds in the sky.

Nebula

NGC1975
↗ 20:46 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 48°
 ☼ 7 ✣ 10'
NGC1975 is a nebula with apparent magnitude 7.00 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 10 arcseconds in the sky.

Reflection Nebula

M78
↗ 20:43 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 53°
 ☼ 8 ✣ 5'
A reflection nebula containing a young star cluster, located approximately 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Orion.

Star cluster + Nebula

NGC2071
↗ 20:43 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 53°
 ☼ 8 ✣ 7'
NGC2071 is a star cluster + nebula with apparent magnitude 8.00 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 7 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

NGC2194
↗ 20:31 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 65°
 ☼ 8.5 ✣ 9'
NGC2194 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 8.50 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 8.7 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

NGC2186
↗ 20:52 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 58°
 ☼ 8.7 ✣ 4'
NGC2186 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 8.70 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 4.2 arcseconds in the sky.

HII Ionized region

De Mairan’s Nebula (M43)
↗ 20:48 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 47°
 ☼ 9 ✣ 20'
De Mairan's Nebula, a diffuse nebula located just north of the Orion Nebula in the constellation Orion.

Open Cluster

NGC2180
↗ 20:52 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 57°
 ☼ 9 ✣ 4'
NGC2180 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 9.00 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 4.2 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

NGC2112
↗ 20:49 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 53°
 ☼ 9.1 ✣ 21'
NGC2112 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 9.10 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 21 arcseconds in the sky.

Open Cluster

NGC2141
↗ 20:27 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 63°
 ☼ 9.4 ✣ 5'
NGC2141 is an open cluster with apparent magnitude 9.40 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 5.4 arcseconds in the sky.

Reflection Nebula

NGC1999
↗ 20:54 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 46°
 ☼ 9.5 ✣ 2'
NGC1999 is a reflection nebula with apparent magnitude 9.50 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 2 arcseconds in the sky.

HII Ionized region

IC0434
↗ 20:45 ↘ 04:27 ↑ 50°
 ☼ 11 ✣ 1.5°
IC0434 is a hii ionized region with apparent magnitude 11.00 in the constellation Orion, spanning approximately 1.5 arcminutes 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.