IC0444 Observation Details
IC0444 Daily Motion
IC0444 will be visible throughout the entire night. It will rise at 17:22, just before twilight begins, and will be at 9° when twilight starts at 18:15. It will reach its transit at 73° at 00:45, and will fade away as twilight ends at 06:46, being at 14° elevation.IC0444 will be visible until May, 6, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
IC0444 Visibility Timetable on December 21
Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| IC0444 rise | 17:22 | |
| Civil sunset | 17:40 | 3° |
| Astrosession begin | 18:48 | 15° |
| Moon Rise, 57% illuminated | 23:50 | 70° |
| IC0444 transit | 00:45 | 73° |
| Astrosession end | 06:13 | 20° |
| Civil sunrise | 07:20 | 8° |
| Sunrise | 07:52 | 3° |
| IC0444 set | 08:08 | |
| Moon Set | 12:24 | -27° |
Track IC0444 Position Throughout the Night
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IC0444 Image Gallery
DSS Blue
DSS Red
DSS Near-Infrared
DSS Composite image
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for IC0444
| Object name | IC0444 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| IC0444 coordinates | 6.30944, 23.31333 |
| Center coordinates | 6.30944, 23.31333 |
IC0444 Passage Through Night
Current position of IC0444
| Time | 11:43 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| IC0444 elevation | -25° |
| IC0444 Azimuth | 16° |
Annual motion of IC0444
| Date | Sun, 22 December 2024 |
| Twighlight start | 18:44 |
| Twighlight end | 06:07 |
| Twighlight duration | 11h 23m |
| Rise | 17:22 |
| Set | 08:08 |
| Elevation at transit | 73° |
| Transit time | 00:45 |
| Equatorial coordinate | RA: 06h 18m 33s", Dec: 23° 18' 47s |
| Magnitude | 7 |
| Constellation | Gemini |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the IC0444 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
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.