Eagle Nebula (IC4703) Observation Details
IC4703 Daily Motion
IC4703 will be visible throughout the entire night. It will rise at 20:01, just before twilight begins, and will be at 23° when twilight starts at 22:18. It will reach its transit at 36° at 01:12, and will fade away as twilight ends at 04:53, being at 16° elevation.IC4703 will be visible until October, 23, 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.
IC4703 Visibility Timetable on July 01
IC4703 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| Moon Rise, 29.5% illuminated | 11:39 | -56° |
| IC4703 rise | 20:01 | |
| Sunset | 21:03 | 11° |
| Civil sunset | 21:37 | 16° |
| Astrosession begin | 23:06 | 29° |
| Moon Set | 00:33 | 35° |
| IC4703 transit | 01:12 | 36° |
| Astrosession end | 04:05 | 23° |
| Civil sunrise | 05:34 | 9° |
| Sunrise | 06:08 | 3° |
| IC4703 set | 06:24 |
Track IC4703 Position Throughout the Night
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IC4703 Image Gallery
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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 IC4703
| Object name | IC4703 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| IC4703 coordinates | 18.31562, -13.84539 |
| Center coordinates | 18.31562, -13.84539 |
IC4703 Passage Through Night
Current position of IC4703
| Time | 18:54 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| IC4703 elevation | -13° |
| IC4703 Azimuth | -98° |
Annual motion of IC4703
| Date | Tue, 1 July 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 23:02 |
| Twighlight end | 03:59 |
| Twighlight duration | 5h 57m |
| Rise | 19:57 |
| Set | 06:20 |
| Elevation at transit | 36° |
| Transit time | 01:08 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 18h 18m 56s", Dec: -13° 50' 43s |
| Magnitude | 6 |
| Constellation | Serpens2 |
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 IC4703 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.