How to find NGC0024 using Pegasus

This guide uses bright stars first, then narrows the field for a telescope or binocular finder. Use Pegasus as the main sky landmark.

Follow the route from one recognizable star to the next until you reach NGC0024.

NGC0024 is 26° above the horizon toward the southeast.

Begin with Pegasus, then follow the reference stars toward NGC0024.

Pegasus

Recognize the characteristic star pattern of Pegasus before following the route.

Identify Diphda in or near Pegasus; the chart shows its position relative to the guide.

From Diphda, move about 2.6° toward the southwest until you reach HYG 3025.0.

From HYG 3025.0, move about 5.3° toward the southwest until you reach HYG 1660.0.

From HYG 1660.0, move about 2.8° toward the southwest until you reach NGC0024. This is the target field.