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TimezoneEurope/London
Sunrise: 4:48 
Transit: 12:58 
Sunset: 21:08
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IC 4703 (Eagle Nebula) - Nebula in Serpens

Below the horizon.  Rise: 21:43 | Tran: 2:33 | Set: 7:19
Alt: -42.98°   Az: 49.76°   Direction: North-East

IC 4703 is a Nebula in the Serpens constellation. IC 4703 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Given its visual magnitude of 6, IC 4703 is easily visible with the help of a small binocular.

The image below is a photograph of IC 4703 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 0.5000x0.5000 degrees (30.00x30.00 arcmins).

Image of IC 4703 (Eagle Nebula) - Nebula in Serpens star
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DSS2 image of IC 4703 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (5.05 arcmin) and minor (5.05 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

18h 20m 22s
-13° 49’ 59”
14h 20m 26s
08h 40m 49s

J2000

18h 18m 56s
-13° 50’ 43”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 4703 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for IC 4703 (Eagle Nebula) - Nebula in Serpens.

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Finder chart for IC 4703 (Eagle Nebula) - Nebula in Serpens.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of IC 4703 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).

6.58
6

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 4703 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 4703 is a visual representation of it.
5.05 arcmin
5.05 arcmin
90°

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's IC 4703 (Eagle Nebula) - Nebula in Serpens rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 103.8°
Max altitude: 24.7°
Azimuth: 256.2°