h Persei Cluster (NGC0869) Observation Details
NGC0869 Daily Motion
NGC0869 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 66 degrees over time. You can find the best times to observe NGC0869, when it reaches its highest elevation, in the annual motion section.NGC0869 will be visible until April, 9, 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.
NGC0869 Visibility Timetable on January 22
Rise and Set Timetable
Time | Elevation | |
NGC0869 is always above the horizon | ||
Sunset | 17:37 | 70° |
Civil sunset | 18:07 | 72° |
NGC0869 transit | 18:44 | 73° |
Astrosession begin | 19:13 | 72° |
NGC0869 is always above the horizon | ||
Moon Rise, 46.2% illuminated | 01:37 | 26° |
Astrosession end | 06:13 | 7° |
Civil sunrise | 07:18 | 7° |
Sunrise | 07:49 | 8° |
Moon Set | 11:50 | 27° |
Track NGC0869 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC0869 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 NGC0869
Object name | NGC0869 |
Field of view | |
Limiting magnitude | |
NGC0869 coordinates | 2.31627, 57.11725 |
Center coordinates | 2.31627, 57.11725 |
NGC0869 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC0869
Time | 00:05 |
Latitude | 39.9625 |
Longitude | -83.0061 |
NGC0869 elevation | 37° |
NGC0869 Azimuth | 42° |
Annual motion of NGC0869
Date | Thu, 23 January 2025 |
Twighlight start | 19:14 |
Twighlight end | 06:11 |
Twighlight duration | 11h 58m |
Rise | NGC0869 is always up |
Set | NGC0869 is always up |
Elevation at transit | 73° |
Transit time | 18:40 |
Equatorial coordinate | RA: 02h 18m 58s", Dec: 57° 07' 02s |
Magnitude | 4 |
Constellation | Perseus |
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 NGC0869 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.