Hubble's Variable Nebula (NGC2261)

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

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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.

Name Hubble's Variable Nebula (NGC2261)
Object type Reflection nebula
Other names
Hubble's Variable Nebula
C 46[2]
NGC 2261[1]
LBN 920[3]
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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