Nebulae Visible Tonight
Sky Map
Celestial bearing and elevation at 02:30
This interactive sky map shows the positions of the brightest celestial objects from your location. Move it horizontally to follow how their positions change through the night.
M78
Reflection Nebula
A reflection nebula containing a young star cluster, located approximately 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Orion.
Crab Nebula (M1)
Supernova remnant
The Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant, known for its filaments of glowing gas and energetic pulsar at its core.
Owl Nebula (M97)
Planetary Nebula
Planetary nebula known as the Owl Nebula due to its distinctive shape.
California Nebula (NGC1499)
Nebula
NGC1499 is a nebula with apparent magnitude 5.00 in the constellation Perseus, spanning approximately 2.7 arcminutes in the sky.
De Mairan’s Nebula (M43)
HII Ionized region
De Mairan's Nebula, a diffuse nebula located just north of the Orion Nebula in the constellation Orion.
Rosette Nebula (NGC2238)
HII Ionized region
NGC2238 is a hii ionized region with apparent magnitude 6.00 in the constellation Monoceros, spanning approximately 1.3 arcminute in the sky.
Data Credits
The deep-sky information on this page comes from the OpenNGC project developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed catalog data for nebulae, galaxies, clusters and other deep-sky objects.
For details or contributions, visit the official repository: OpenNGC GitHub.