LDN 1172 (Dark nebula)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , LDN 1172 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 05:11, 51° above your north-eastern horizon. At dusk, it will become visible at around 20:21 (EDT), 20° above your northern horizon.
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Name
LDN 1172
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Object type
Dark nebula
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