Reflection nebula · constellation Mon
NGC 2261
Hubble's Nebula
NGC 2261C 46LBN 920
Catalogue data
- Right ascension
- 6h 39m 09.5s
- Declination
- +8° 44' 40"
- Size
- 2.0′ × 1.0′
- Position angle
- not available
- Magnitude
- 11.8 (V)
- Surface brightness
- 21.23 mag/arcsec²(derived)
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Suggested techniques
- RGB, LRGB, OSC
- Data source
- OpenNGC
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