Hubble's Variable Nebula (NGC2261)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , Hubble's Variable Nebula is visible between 20:24 and 05:39. It will become accessible at around 20:24, when it rises to an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 01:02, 64° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible at around 05:39 when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.
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Name
Hubble's Variable Nebula (NGC2261)
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Object type
Reflection nebula
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Position
| Right ascension: | 06h39m [1] |
| Declination: | +08°44' [1] |
| Constellation: | Monoceros |
| Magnitude: | 10.00 (V) [2] 12.46 (B) [1] 9.69 (J) [1] 8.03 (H) [1] 6.38 (K) [1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.61 |
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