NGC2343 Observation Details
NGC2343 Daily Motion
NGC2343 will rise at 15:22, reaching 42° when twilight begins at 20:40. It will reach transit at 42° by 20:47 and will set before twilight ends at 02:13.NGC2343 will be visible until April, 22, 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.
NGC2343 Visibility Timetable on March 20
NGC2343 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC2343 rise | 15:22 | |
| Sunset | 19:42 | 39° |
| Civil sunset | 20:09 | 41° |
| NGC2343 transit | 20:47 | 42° |
| Astrosession begin | 21:11 | 41° |
| Moon Rise, 71.1% illuminated | 01:15 | 11° |
| NGC2343 set | 02:13 | |
| Astrosession end | 06:06 | -45° |
| Moon Set | 10:33 | -54° |
Track NGC2343 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC2343 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 NGC2343
| Object name | NGC2343 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC2343 coordinates | 7.13522, -10.61681 |
| Center coordinates | 7.13522, -10.61681 |
NGC2343 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC2343
| Time | 17:50 |
| Latitude | 37.751 |
| Longitude | -97.822 |
| NGC2343 elevation | 26° |
| NGC2343 Azimuth | -130° |
Annual motion of NGC2343
| Date | Thu, 20 March 2025 |
| Twighlight start | 21:07 |
| Twighlight end | 06:00 |
| Twighlight duration | 9h 54m |
| Rise | 15:18 |
| Set | 02:09 |
| Elevation at transit | 42° |
| Transit time | 20:44 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 07h 08m 06s", Dec: -10° 37' 00s |
| Magnitude | 7 |
| Constellation | Monoceros |
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 NGC2343 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.