VdB 55 (Nebula)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.
From South El Monte , VdB 55 is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:38 (PDT) – 3 hours and 40 minutes before the Sun – and reaching an altitude of 29° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:16.
|
Name
VdB 55
|
Object type
Nebula
|
Position
| Right ascension: | 05h42m [1] |
| Declination: | −08°08' [1] |
| Constellation: | Orion |
| Magnitude: | 8.70 (V) [1] |
| Angular dimensions: | 1.8 arcmin |