IC4701 (Nebula)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 60 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , IC4701 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:18 (PDT), 22° above your south-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 00:30, 39° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 03:40, when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
IC4701
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Object type
Nebula
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Position
| Right ascension: | 18h16m [1] |
| Declination: | −16°38' [1] |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
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