The Flame Nebula (NGC2024)

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

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From Cambridge , the Flame Nebula is visible between 20:41 and 04:22. It will become accessible at around 20:41, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your south-eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 00:32, 45° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 04:22 when it sinks below 21° above your south-western horizon.

Name The Flame Nebula (NGC2024)
Object type Nebula
Other names
The Flame Nebula
The Tank Tracks
NGC 2024[1]
Orion B
Position
Right ascension:05h41m [1]
Declination:−01°51' [1]
Constellation:Orion

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