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Other deep sky objects in Taurus
- Messier 45 (Pleiades) - Open Cluster
- NGC 1746 - Open Cluster
- NGC 1647 - Open Cluster
- NGC 2045 - Star
- NGC 1807 - Open Cluster
- NGC 1817 - Open Cluster
- Messier 1 (The Crab Nebula) - Supernova Remnant
- NGC 1555 (Hind's Nebula) - Reflection Nebula
- NGC 1514 - Planetary Nebula
- NGC 1456 - Double Star
- NGC 1587 - Galaxy
- NGC 1474 - Galaxy
- NGC 1589 - Galaxy
- NGC 1542 - Galaxy
- NGC 1550 - Galaxy
- NGC 1588 - Galaxy
- IC 357 - Galaxy
- NGC 1517 - Galaxy
- IC 1967 - Galaxy
- NGC 1497 - Galaxy
- IC 329 - Galaxy
- IC 331 - Galaxy
- NGC 1590 - Galaxy
- NGC 1633 - Galaxy
- IC 1977 - Galaxy
- IC 365 - Galaxy
- NGC 1593 - Galaxy
- NGC 1541 - Galaxy
- IC 330 - Galaxy
- IC 332 - Galaxy
- IC 338 - Galaxy
- NGC 1349 - Galaxy
- NGC 1634 - Galaxy
- NGC 1615 - Galaxy
- NGC 1508 - Galaxy
- IC 2057 - Galaxy
- IC 364 - Galaxy
- IC 1918 - Galaxy
- IC 2019 - Galaxy
- NGC 1462 - Galaxy
- IC 358 - Galaxy
- IC 322 - Galaxy
- IC 355 - Galaxy
- IC 359 - Galaxy
- IC 363 - Galaxy
- NGC 1431 - Galaxy
- IC 1931 - Galaxy
- NGC 1384 - Galaxy
- IC 1956 - Galaxy
- IC 383 - Galaxy
- IC 366 - Galaxy
- IC 1998 - Galaxy
- IC 2016 - Galaxy
- NGC 1539 - Galaxy
- IC 374 - Galaxy
- IC 1930 - Galaxy
- IC 2061 - Other Classification
- NGC 1750 - Open Cluster
- NGC 1758 - Open Cluster
- NGC 1802 - Open Cluster
- IC 353 - Nebula
- IC 341 - Nebula
- IC 349 (Barnard's Merope Nebula) - Reflection Nebula
- NGC 1675 - Other Classification
- NGC 1988 - Star
- NGC 1996 - Open Cluster
- NGC 2026 - Open Cluster
- IC 336 - Nebula
- C041 (Hyades) - Open Cluster
- IC 354 - Nebula
- NGC 1435 (Merope Nebula) - Nebula
- NGC 1674 - Other Classification
- NGC 1655 - Other Classification
- NGC 1432 (Maia Nebula) - HII Ionized region
- IC 359A - Reflection Nebula
- IC 360 - Nebula
- IC 2088 - Nebula
- IC 2144 - Galaxy
- IC 2087 - Nebula
- IC 2074 - Other Classification
- NGC 1554 - Star
- IC 1941 - Other Classification
- NGC 1488 - Double Star
- IC 1990 - Nebula
- IC 1995 - Nebula
- NGC 1312 - Double Star
IC 2087 - Nebula in Taurus
IC 2087 is a Nebula in the Taurus constellation. IC 2087 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.
IC 2087 is above the horizon from Greenwich, United Kingdom .
Altitude: 19.9°
Azimuth: 286.7°
Direction: West-North-West
See also IC 2087 rise and set times.
Photometric information of IC 2087
The following table lists the magnitude of IC 2087 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 2087
The following table reports IC 2087 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 2087 is a visual representation of it.Digitized Sky Survey image of IC 2087
The image below is a photograph of IC 2087 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 2087
Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox of IC 2087 are provided in the following table:
The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 2087 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 2087 from your location
Location: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London
Today's IC 2087 - Nebula in Taurus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):