NGC2451 Observation Details

NGC2451 Daily Motion
NGC2451 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.
NGC2451 Visibility Timetable on February 08
Rise and Set Timetable
Time | Elevation | |
Moon Rise, 75.6% illuminated | 12:29 | -69° |
Astrosession begin | 19:09 | -1° |
NGC2451 rise | 19:18 | |
NGC2451 transit | 22:41 | 13° |
NGC2451 set | 02:03 | |
Moon Set | 04:36 | -22° |
Astrosession end | 05:38 | -33° |
Track NGC2451 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC2451 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 NGC2451
Object name | NGC2451 |
Field of view | |
Limiting magnitude | |
NGC2451 coordinates | 7.75417, -37.96744 |
Center coordinates | 7.75417, -37.96744 |
NGC2451 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC2451
Time | 01:10 |
Latitude | 39.0469 |
Longitude | -77.4903 |
NGC2451 elevation | 6° |
NGC2451 Azimuth | 151° |
Annual motion of NGC2451
Date | Sun, 9 February 2025 |
Twighlight start | 19:06 |
Twighlight end | 05:32 |
Twighlight duration | 10h 26m |
Rise | 19:14 |
Set | 01:59 |
Elevation at transit | 13° |
Transit time | 22:37 |
Equatorial coordinate | RA: 07h 45m 15s", Dec: -37° 58' 02s |
Magnitude | 10 |
Constellation | Puppis |
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 NGC2451 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.