Objects in your sky: Deep Sky

by Dominic Ford

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South El Monte
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Open clusters

Rise20:38
Set08:17

NGC1977 (mag 0.0) is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:30, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:27, 51° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:12, 35° above your south-western horizon.

Rise18:32
Set08:07

Collinder 50 (mag 1.0) is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 19:35, when it reaches an altitude of 11° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:19, 71° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:37, 29° above your western horizon.

Rise17:26
Set07:53

M45 (mag 1.3) is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 18:37, when it reaches an altitude of 12° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:40, 80° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:33, 26° above your western horizon.

Rise00:40
Set08:34

NGC2451 (mag 2.8) is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 03:17, when it reaches an altitude of 15° above your southern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:37, 17° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:19, 17° above your southern horizon.

Rise22:33
Set12:31

M44 (mag 3.1) is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 22:33 (PST) and reaching an altitude of 75° above the southern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:16.

Rise20:39
Set08:15

M42 (mag 4.0) is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:11, when it reaches an altitude of 17° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:27, 50° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:12, 34° above your south-western horizon.

Rise21:30
Set09:10

NGC2232 (mag 4.2) is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 23:04, when it reaches an altitude of 18° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:20, 51° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:12, 42° above your south-western horizon.

Rise08:18
Set20:55

IC4665 (mag 4.2) will become visible at around 17:55 (PST), 35° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 20:55.

Circumpolar

Caldwell 14 (mag 4.3) is visible all night. It will become visible at around 17:55 (PST), 34° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:12, 28° above your north-western horizon.

Rise23:06
Set09:51

M47 (mag 4.4) is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:49, when it reaches an altitude of 18° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:28, 41° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:12, 40° above your southern horizon.

Rise22:34
Set08:42

M41 (mag 4.5) is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 00:28, when it reaches an altitude of 18° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:38, 35° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:12, 30° above your south-western horizon.

Rise08:57
Set21:38

NGC6633 (mag 4.6) will become visible at around 17:55 (PST), 44° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 21:38.

Rise09:11
Set21:46

IC4756 (mag 4.6) will become visible at around 17:55 (PST), 45° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 21:46.

Globular clusters

Rise10:33
Set20:20

M22 (mag 5.2) will become visible at around 17:55 (PST), 22° above your south-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting 3 hours and 25 minutes after the Sun at 20:20.

Rise05:28
Set21:36

M13 (mag 5.8) will become visible at around 17:55 (PST), 37° above your western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 21:36.

Rise03:04
Set18:02

M3 (mag 6.3) is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 03:04 (PST) – 3 hours and 9 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 22° above the eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:12.

Rise11:43
Set00:56

M15 (mag 6.3) is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:55 (PST), 67° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:19, 68° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 23:06, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Rise05:25
Set22:49

M92 (mag 6.5) will become visible at around 17:55 (PST), 45° above your north-western horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then sink towards the horizon, setting at 22:49.

Rise12:22
Set00:23

M2 (mag 6.6) is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:55 (PST), 54° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 18:23, 55° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 22:33, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Galaxies

Rise13:02
Set06:02

M31 (mag 3.4) is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:55 (PST), 47° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:32, 82° above your northern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 04:01, when it sinks below 16° above your north-western horizon.

Rise14:45
Set06:01

M33 (mag 5.8) is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 17:55 (PST), 34° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 22:23, 86° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:56, when it sinks below 21° above your north-western horizon.

Circumpolar

M81 (mag 6.9) is visible all night because it is circumpolar. It will be highest in the sky shortly before dawn, when it will be lost to twilight at around 05:12, 52° above your northern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 17:55 (PST), 13° above your northern horizon.

Rise16:48
Set02:25

NGC253 (mag 7.1) is visible between 19:17 and 23:56. It will become accessible at around 19:17, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 21:36, 30° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 23:56 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Rise23:57
Set21:51

M101 (mag 7.9) is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 23:57 (PST) and reaching an altitude of 29° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:12.

Rise01:13
Set18:11

M94 (mag 8.2) is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:13 (PST) and reaching an altitude of 37° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:12.

Rise01:07
Set19:34

M51 (mag 8.4) is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 01:07 (PST) and reaching an altitude of 32° above the north-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:12.

Circumpolar

NGC2403 (mag 8.9) is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 20:55, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your north-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 04:29, 58° above your northern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 05:12, 57° above your northern horizon.

Nebulae

Rise21:08
Set09:41

Caldwell 49 (mag 0.0) is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:57, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 03:24, 60° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:12, 51° above your south-western horizon.

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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