menu
A Complete Guide to the Solar System and the Night Sky
Home
Search Objects
Major Solar System Objects
Comets
Asteroids
Spacecrafts
Star Maps
Orbits
public  Greenwich, UK Greenwich, UK  ⓘ
Timezone: Europe/London
Sunrise: 5:05 
Transit: 12:56 
Sunset: 20:48
warning Set your observing location to get relevant data
Search  close

In Evidence

New Comet C/2025 J1 (Borisov) Discovered in May 2025
Detailed information about the discovery of Comet C/2025 J1 (Borisov) and pointers to useful resources to track and observe it. Read more...

Other deep sky objects in Cepheus
All Constellations »  Cepheus »  Deep Sky Objects » 

IC 5134 - Nebula in Cepheus

Above the horizon.  Circumpolar today
Alt: 68.39°   Az: 324.92°   Direction: North-West

IC 5134 is a Nebula in the Cepheus constellation. IC 5134 is situated close to the northern celestial pole and, as such, it is visible for most part of the year from the northern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of IC 5134 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 5134 - Nebula in Cepheus star
/>
DSS2 image of IC 5134 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (7.59 arcmin) and minor (7.59 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

21h 43m 33s
+66° 13’ 10”
02h 06m 39s
23h 50m 13s

J2000

21h 42m 59s
+66° 06’ 10”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of IC 5134 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for IC 5134 - Nebula in Cepheus.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for IC 5134 - Nebula in Cepheus.

Apparent Size

The following table reports IC 5134 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of IC 5134 is a visual representation of it.
7.59 arcmin
7.59 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

IC 5134 - Nebula in Cepheus is circumpolar and transits at 05:58 UTC (altitude: 75.3°)