NGC2234 Observation Details
NGC2234 Daily Motion
NGC2234 will rise at 12:28, reaching 49° when twilight begins at 16:38. It will reach transit at 69° by 19:19 and will set before twilight ends at 02:11.NGC2234 will be visible until May, 6, 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.
NGC2234 Visibility Timetable on February 09
NGC2234 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC2234 rise | 12:28 | |
| Sunset | 15:38 | 37° |
| Civil sunset | 16:07 | 43° |
| Astrosession begin | 17:08 | 54° |
| NGC2234 transit | 19:19 | 69° |
| Moon Rise, 51.6% illuminated | 23:02 | 37° |
| NGC2234 set | 02:11 | |
| Astrosession end | 03:35 | -15° |
| Moon Set | 08:50 | -32° |
Track NGC2234 Position Throughout the Night
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Where is NGC2234 right now?
NGC2234 is located in the constellation Gemini, at right ascension 06h 29m 21s" and declination 16° 43' 22s. Although it is currently above the horizon at an altitude of 38 degrees, NGC2234 is not visible because it is daytime.NGC2234 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 NGC2234
| Object name | NGC2234 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC2234 coordinates | 6.48936, 16.72286 |
| Center coordinates | 6.48936, 16.72286 |
NGC2234 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC2234
| Time | 15:41 |
| Latitude | 37.3541 |
| Longitude | -121.955 |
| NGC2234 elevation | 38° |
| NGC2234 Azimuth | -98° |
Annual motion of NGC2234
| Date | Tue, 10 February 2026 |
| Twighlight start | 17:08 |
| Twighlight end | 03:32 |
| Twighlight duration | 10h 24m |
| Rise | 12:24 |
| Set | 02:07 |
| Elevation at transit | 69° |
| Transit time | 19:15 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 06h 29m 21s", Dec: 16° 43' 22s |
| Magnitude | - |
| Constellation | Gemini |
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 NGC2234 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 NGC2234
Coordinates & Visibility
| Right Ascension | 6.48936° |
| Declination | 16.72286° |
| Magnitude | |
| Constellation | Gemini |
| Elevation | 37.9° |
| Azimuth | -97.8° |
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.