M73 (Nebula)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Fairfield , M73 is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:29, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:30, 36° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 04:23, 22° above your south-western horizon.

Name M73
Object type Nebula
Other names
M73[1]
NGC 6994[2]
Cr 426[3]
Position
Right ascension:20h58m [2]
Declination:−12°38' [2]
Constellation:Aquarius
Magnitude:8.90 (V) [3]

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