IC 2003 - Planetary Nebula in Perseus
IC 2003 is a Planetary Nebula in the Perseus constellation. IC 2003 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.
IC 2003 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: 16.0°
Azimuth: 55.2°
Direction: North-East
See also IC 2003 rise and set times.
Given its visual magnitude of 11.4, IC 2003 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 6 inches (150mm) or more.
Photometric information of IC 2003
The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2003 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).
For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.
Apparent size of IC 2003
The following table reports IC 2003 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2003 is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 2003
The image below is a photograph of IC 2003 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins).

Celestial coordinates and finder chart of IC 2003
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 2003 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2003 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.


Rise ans set times of IC 2003 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's IC 2003 - Planetary Nebula in Perseus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):