The Antares Nebula (IC4606)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.

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From South El Monte , the Antares Nebula is visible between 23:08 and 03:36. It will become accessible at around 23:08, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:22, 29° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 03:36 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name The Antares Nebula (IC4606)
Object type Nebula
Other names
The Antares Nebula
The Cloud Nebula
IC 4606[1]
LBN 1107[2]
Position
Right ascension:16h31m [1]
Declination:−26°03' [1]
Constellation:Scorpius

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