The Butterfly Nebula (NGC2346)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From Cambridge , the Butterfly Nebula is visible in the morning sky, becoming accessible around 22:51, when it reaches an altitude of 21° above your eastern horizon. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 02:46, 46° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight around 05:30, 33° above your south-western horizon.
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Name
The Butterfly Nebula (NGC2346)
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Object type
Planetary nebula
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Position
| Right ascension: | 07h09m [1] |
| Declination: | −00°48' [1] |
| Constellation: | Monoceros |
| Magnitude: | 11.60 (V) [1] 11.80 (B) [1] 10.26 (J) [1] 9.44 (H) [1] 8.41 (K) [1] |
| Distance: | 640.0 parsec 2086.4 lightyrs [2] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.20 |
Derived quantities
| Absolute mag (V): | 2.57 |
Sources