NGC0281 Observation Details
NGC0281 Daily Motion
NGC0281 is circumpolar, never setting below the horizon and always visible in the night sky from your location. However, it will change its position significantly, moving 67 degrees over time. You can find the best times to observe NGC0281, when it reaches its highest elevation, in the annual motion section.NGC0281 will be visible until March, 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.
NGC0281 Visibility Timetable on December 22
Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC0281 is always above the horizon | ||
| Sunset | 17:08 | 63° |
| Civil sunset | 17:40 | 67° |
| Astrosession begin | 18:48 | 72° |
| NGC0281 is always above the horizon | ||
| NGC0281 transit | 19:20 | 73° |
| Moon Rise, 57% illuminated | 23:50 | 44° |
| Astrosession end | 06:13 | 8° |
| Civil sunrise | 07:20 | 7° |
| Sunrise | 07:52 | 7° |
| Moon Set | 12:24 | 26° |
Track NGC0281 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC0281 Image Gallery
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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 NGC0281
| Object name | NGC0281 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC0281 coordinates | 0.88315, 56.62189 |
| Center coordinates | 0.88315, 56.62189 |
NGC0281 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC0281
| Time | 22:33 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| NGC0281 elevation | 55° |
| NGC0281 Azimuth | 45° |
Annual motion of NGC0281
| Date | Mon, 23 December 2024 |
| Twighlight start | 18:48 |
| Twighlight end | 06:11 |
| Twighlight duration | 11h 23m |
| Rise | NGC0281 is always up |
| Set | NGC0281 is always up |
| Elevation at transit | 73° |
| Transit time | 19:16 |
| Equatorial coordinate | RA: 00h 52m 59s", Dec: 56° 37' 18s |
| Magnitude | - |
| Constellation | Cassiopeia |
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 NGC0281 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.