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  Sinaloa, Mexico Sinaloa, Mexico  ⓘ
Timezone: America/Mazatlan
Sunrise: 5:29 
Transit: 12:11 
Sunset: 18:53
Search  close

In Evidence

3I/ATLAS: A Month-by-Month Observing Guide
Discover how to observe the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it passes through the inner Solar System in 2025 Read more...

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

NGC 2932 - Association of Stars in Vela

Above the horizon.  Rise: 9:57 | Tran: 14:06 | Set: 18:18
Alt: 18.87°   Az: 171.50°   Direction: South

NGC 2932 is a Association of Stars in the Vela constellation. NGC 2932 is situated south of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the southern hemisphere.

The image below is a photograph of NGC 2932 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 2932 - Association of Stars in Vela star
/>
DSS2 image of NGC 2932 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (4.8 arcmin) and minor (4.8 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

09h 36m 49s
-47° 02’ 22”
23h 12m 36s
08h 49m 26s

J2000

09h 35m 52s
-46° 55’ 27”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of NGC 2932 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 NGC 2932 - Association of Stars in Vela.

loader
  Loading map...
Finder chart for NGC 2932 - Association of Stars in Vela.

Apparent Size

The following table reports NGC 2932 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of NGC 2932 is a visual representation of it.
4.8 arcmin
4.8 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

Location: Sinaloa, Mexico
Latitude: 23° 17’ 00” N
Longitude: 106° 23’ 09” W
Timezone: America/Mazatlan

Today's NGC 2932 - Association of Stars in Vela rise, transit and set times from Sinaloa, Mexico are the following (all times relative to the local timezone America/Mazatlan):

Azimuth: 137.0°
Max altitude: 19.7°
Azimuth: 223.0°