The Cave Nebula (Sharpless 155)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 60 arcminutes across.
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From South El Monte , the Cave Nebula is visible all night. It will become visible at around 20:59 (PDT), 29° above your north-eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 04:54, 56° above your north-western horizon.
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Name
The Cave Nebula (Sharpless 155)
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Object type
HII region
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Visibility from South El Monte
All times shown in South El Monte local time.