NGC1302 Observation Details
NGC1302 Daily Motion
NGC1302 will not be observable tonight. It will reach its transit at 26° by 16:09 and set at 20:39. Throughout the night, from 20:52 to 06:16, it will be below the horizon. NGC1302 will rise again after sunrise, at 11:35.NGC1302 will be visible until January, 1, 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.
NGC1302 Visibility Timetable on April 02
NGC1302 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| Moon Rise, 14.2% illuminated | 09:01 | -29° |
| NGC1302 transit | 16:09 | 26° |
| Sunset | 19:53 | 7° |
| Civil sunset | 20:21 | 3° |
| NGC1302 set | 20:39 | |
| Astrosession begin | 21:24 | -8° |
| Moon Set | 00:27 | -42° |
| Astrosession end | 05:44 | -66° |
| NGC1302 rise | 11:35 |
Track NGC1302 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC1302 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 NGC1302
| Object name | NGC1302 |
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| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC1302 coordinates | 3.33088, -26.06044 |
| Center coordinates | 3.33088, -26.06044 |
NGC1302 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC1302
| Time | 15:38 |
| Latitude | 37.751 |
| Longitude | -97.822 |
| NGC1302 elevation | 26° |
| NGC1302 Azimuth | -172° |
Annual motion of NGC1302
| Date | Wed, 2 April 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 21:19 |
| Twighlight end | 05:39 |
| Twighlight duration | 8h 20m |
| Rise | 11:35 |
| Set | 20:35 |
| Elevation at transit | 26° |
| Transit time | 16:05 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 03h 19m 51s", Dec: -26° 03' 37s |
| Magnitude | 11 |
| Constellation | Fornax |
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 NGC1302 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.