NGC1407 Observation Details

NGC1407 Daily Motion
NGC1407 will rise at 22:56, during twilight, and will ascend to 34° by the time twilight ends at 03:42.NGC1407 will be visible until February, 27, 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.
NGC1407 Visibility Timetable on September 03
NGC1407 Rise and Set Timetable
Time | Elevation | |
Moon Rise, 75.5% illuminated | 14:44 | -65° |
Astrosession begin | 19:05 | -45° |
NGC1407 rise | 22:56 | |
Moon Set | 23:57 | 11° |
Astrosession end | 03:09 | 33° |
NGC1407 transit | 03:56 | 34° |
Civil sunrise | 04:13 | 34° |
Sunrise | 04:41 | 33° |
NGC1407 set | 08:56 |
Track NGC1407 Position Throughout the Night
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Where is NGC1407 right now?
NGC1407 is located in the constellation Eridanus, at right ascension 03h 40m 11s" and declination -18° 34' 48s. At the current time, it is below the horizon and not visible from your location.NGC1407 Image Gallery
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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 NGC1407
Object name | NGC1407 |
Field of view | |
Limiting magnitude | |
NGC1407 coordinates | 3.66996, -18.58011 |
Center coordinates | 3.66996, -18.58011 |
NGC1407 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC1407
Time | 22:19 |
Latitude | 37.3541 |
Longitude | -121.955 |
NGC1407 elevation | -7° |
NGC1407 Azimuth | -108° |
Annual motion of NGC1407
Date | Thu, 4 September 2025 |
Twighlight start | 19:03 |
Twighlight end | 03:08 |
Twighlight duration | 8h 5m |
Rise | 22:52 |
Set | 08:52 |
Elevation at transit | 34° |
Transit time | 03:52 |
Equatorial coordinates | RA: 03h 40m 11s", Dec: -18° 34' 48s |
Magnitude | 10 |
Constellation | Eridanus |
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 NGC1407 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.
Astrometric & Physical Parameters of NGC1407
Coordinates & Visibility
Right Ascension | 3.66996° |
Declination | -18.58011° |
Magnitude | 9.65 |
Constellation | Eridanus |
Elevation | -6.8° |
Azimuth | -108.2° |
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.
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