NGC7160 Position and Visibility Tonight
Where is NGC7160 right now?
Twilight begins at 19:04 local time, and at that moment, NGC7160 will appear at an altitude of 11 degrees toward the north.
NGC7160 Visibility on May 06
NGC7160 Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| NGC7160 is always above the horizon | ||
| Sunset | 17:59 | 10° |
| Civil sunset | 18:29 | 10° |
| Twighlight start | 19:04 | 11° |
| Astrosession begin | 19:41 | 12° |
| NGC7160 is always above the horizon | ||
Moon Rise, 84.1% illuminated  | 22:12 | 21° |
| Astrosession end | 02:27 | 49° |
| Twighlight end | 03:04 | 53° |
| Civil sunrise | 03:38 | 56° |
| Sunrise | 04:08 | 59° |
| NGC7160 transit | 06:03 | 65° |
| Moon Set | 07:24 | 62° |
Track NGC7160 Position Throughout the Night
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NGC7160 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 NGC7160
| Object name | NGC7160 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| NGC7160 coordinates | 21.89452, 62.60331 |
| Center coordinates | 21.89452, 62.60331 |
NGC7160 Passage Through Night
Current position of NGC7160
| Time | 05:50 |
| Latitude | 37.3541 |
| Longitude | -121.955 |
| NGC7160 elevation | 65° |
| NGC7160 Azimuth | -5° |
Annual motion of NGC7160
NGC7160 will be visible throughout the entire year. However, it will change its position significantly, moving 55 degrees over time. You can find the best times to observe NGC7160, when it reaches its highest elevation, in the annual motion section.
| Date | Wed, 6 May 2026 |
| Twighlight start | 19:36 |
| Twighlight end | 02:22 |
| Twighlight duration | 7h 46m |
| Rise | NGC7160 is always up |
| Set | NGC7160 is always up |
| Elevation at transit | 65° |
| Transit time | 06:03 |
| Equatorial coordinates | RA: 21h 53m 40s", Dec: 62° 36' 11s |
| Magnitude | 6 |
| Constellation | Cepheus |
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 NGC7160 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.
You can also view detailed visibility information in a dedicated table, including exact rise, transit, and set times for each date.
Astrometric & Physical Parameters of NGC7160
Coordinates & Visibility
| Right Ascension | 21.89452° |
| Declination | 62.60331° |
| Magnitude | 6.10 |
| Constellation | Cepheus |
| Elevation | 64.6° |
| Azimuth | -4.7° |
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.