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NGC 1514 - Planetary Nebula in Taurus

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:19 | Tran: 18:30 | Set: 3:46
Alt: 18.54°   Az: 63.46°   Direction: East-North-East

NGC 1514 is a Planetary Nebula in the Taurus constellation. NGC 1514 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere. Given its visual magnitude of 10.19, NGC 1514 is visible with the help of a binocular with a 80mm aperture or a small telescope.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 1514 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 NGC 1514 - Planetary Nebula in Taurus star
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DSS2 image of NGC 1514 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (2.2 arcmin) and minor (2.2 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

04h 10m 52s
+30° 50’ 25”
17h 24m 15s
21h 35m 07s

J2000

04h 09m 16s
+30° 46’ 33”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 1514 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 NGC 1514 - Planetary Nebula in Taurus.

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Finder chart for NGC 1514 - Planetary Nebula in Taurus.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of NGC 1514 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).

10.05
10.19
8.19
8.1
8

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

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 1514 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 1514 is a visual representation of it.
2.2 arcmin
2.2 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

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

Today's NGC 1514 - Planetary Nebula in Taurus rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 59.2°
Max altitude: 69.4°
Azimuth: 300.8°